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Abdón Calderón Muñoz
Abdón Calderón Muñoz (20 January 1924 – 9 December 1978) was an Ecuadorian politician and economist. He was the founder of the Alfarista Radical Front. He was a candidate for president of Ecuador in the 1978 general election shortly before his assassination. Life Calderón Muñoz was born in Milagro, Ecuador. He was married to Rosita Prieto and had four children. Calderón Muñoz spent most of his career in Guayaquil. In 1961, Calderón Muñoz was elected to the council of the Guayaquil Canton and was elected council president in 1962. In 1970s, he was a critic of the dictatorship of Guillermo Rodríguez during the Supreme Council of Government. Death On 29 November 1978, Calderón Muñoz was shot several times at his home in Guayaquil. The culprits were two hitmen, with one of them being identified as Guillermo "Plin" Mendez. While he survived the attack, he was transported to the United States in Miami, Florida to treat his injuries; however he died from complication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milagro, Ecuador
San Francisco de Milagro (also known as Milagro, which is Spanish for ''Miracle'') is a city located in Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Milagro Canton. Milagro is the second largest city in the province of Guayas. As of the census of 2007, there were 180,103 people residing within the canton limits. Denisse Robles Denisse Priscila Robles Andrade (born 11 July 1987) is an Ecuadorian economist and politician. She formerly served as mayor of the city of Milagro. Her election in 2014 made her the youngest person to be elected as a mayor in Ecuador. Biography R ..., mayor (2014), pledged to get a city railway station and to improve the coverage of Milagro's drinking water. She was elected the mayor of Milagro in 2014 with 38% of the vote, finishing ahead of the incumbent mayor Francisco Asan. Robles assumed office in May 2014, becoming the first female mayor of the city, and the youngest mayor in the country. Climate External links www.milagro.gob.ec References {{Authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfarista Radical Front
The Alfarista Radical Front (, FRA) was a centrist liberal party in Ecuador, founded in 1972. One of its best known figures was former acting president Fabián Alarcón. The party was named after the most prominent liberal politician in Ecuadorian history, Eloy Alfaro, who founded the country's first institutionalized Liberal Party in 1884. In the 2002 Ecuadorian general election, the party supported the candidacy of Xavier Neira Menéndez. See also *Liberalism *Contributions to liberal theory *Liberalism worldwide *List of liberal parties *Liberal democracy Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into ... * Liberalism and radicalism in Ecuador * Terrorism in Ecuador References Liberal parties in Ecuador Political parties established in 1972 Radical parties Terrorism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Ecuador
The president of Ecuador ( es, Presidente del Ecuador), officially called the Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador ( es, Presidente Constitucional de la República del Ecuador), serves as both the head of state and head of government of Ecuador. It is the highest political office in the country as the head of the executive branch of government. Per the current constitution, the President can serve two four-year terms. Prior to that, the president could only serve one four-year term. The current President of Ecuador is Guillermo Lasso, who succeeded Lenín Moreno on 24 May 2021. He was elected in 2021. History The presidency of Ecuador has been marked by periods of instability, causing the office to change presidents frequently throughout the history of the country. At least five times, the duties of the president have been charged to a provisional government or a military junta. Often, the office has been left to an interim or acting president, many of whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978–79 Ecuadorian General Election
General elections were held in Ecuador in 1978 and 1979.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p379 The first round of the presidential election was held on 16 July 1978, with a second round held alongside parliamentary elections on 29 April 1979. The presidential election was won by Jaime Roldós Aguilera of the Concentration of People's Forces (CPF), who received 68.5% of the vote in the run-off, becoming the country's first freely-elected president. The CPF emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 29 of the 69 seats.Nohlen, p395 Results President National Congress List of elected representatives References {{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 Ecuadorian general election Ecuador Ecuador Elections in Ecuador Presidential elections in Ecuador General General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guayaquil
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Guayaquil Canton
The Guayaquil Canton, officially the Municipality of Guayaquil, is a canton in the center of the Guayas Province in western Ecuador. The canton was named after its seat, the city of Guayaquil, the most populous city in Ecuador. Political divisions The canton is divided into 16 urban parishes and 5 rural parishes. The urban parishes make up the city of Guayaquil. Urban parishes *Ayacucho *Bolivar (Sagario) *Carbo (Concepcion) *Chongón *Febres Cordero *Garcia Moreno *Letamendi *Nueva de Octubre *Olmedo (San Alejo) *Pascuales *Roca *Rocafuerte *Sucre * Tarqui *Urdaneta *Ximena Rural parishes *Juan Gomez Rendon (Progreso) *Morro *Posorja * Puná *Tenguel Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestizo 70.8% *White White is the lightness, lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully diffuse reflection, reflect and scattering, scatter al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)
Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (born 4 November 1924), known as "Bombita", is a former military dictator of Ecuador who was in power from 15 February 1972 to 11 January 1976. He took courses in C&R&Bn Staff, Irregular Warfare Orientation, and Maintenance Management at the School of the Americas in Panama. As commander of the army, he led a military coup d'etat executed by a navy commander named Jorge Queirolo G. and forced president José María Velasco into exile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. During his rule, drilling the country's oil reserves funded the construction of hospitals, schools, roads (notably, paving the Quito-Tulcán road), the oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, lique ... at Esmeraldas, and new equipment for the armed services. The Ecuadorian m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Council Of Government
The Supreme Council of Government ( es, Consejo Supremo de Gobierno) was a military junta which, ''de facto'', exercised the role of head of state and head of government of the Republic of Ecuador from 1976 to 1979, being considered the last military dictatorship in the history of Ecuador. Formed following the ousting of dictator Guillermo Rodríguez (who seized power in the 1972 military coup), the Council consisted of three members, representing each branch of the Armed Forces: Admiral Alfredo Poveda as representative of the Navy and President of the Council, Divisional General as representative of the Army and General as representative of the Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ar .... See also * 1978 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum * 1978–79 Ecu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Villavicencio
Fernando Alcibiades Villavicencio Valencia (; 11 October 1963 – 9 August 2023) was an Ecuadorian journalist, trade unionist, and politician who ran for president of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. He served as a member of the National Assembly (Ecuador), National Assembly from 2021 until the dissolution of the legislative body on 17 May 2023, which caused the 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis and a snap election. Prior to his political career, Villavicencio was an investigative journalist covering corruption and violence in Ecuador. A critic of former president Rafael Correa, Villavicencio was in exile in Peru after legal issues following his public critiques of the Correa administration. He spent several months imprisoned until all charges were dropped in February 2018. Having unsuccessfully run for the National Assembly 2017 Ecuadorian general election, in 2017, Villavicencio was elected 2021 Ecuadorian general election, in 2021, representing the national co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination Of Fernando Villavicencio
On 9 August 2023, eleven days before the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated after leaving a campaign rally in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. One assailant was killed during the attack. Several bystanders, including security personnel and a legislative candidate, were injured. Background Villavicencio was an Ecuadorian politician and a member of the National Assembly prior to its dissolution following president Guillermo Lasso's invocation of . That constitutional provision triggered a general election, in which Villavicencio was a leading presidential candidate; at his highest level of support in late July, a ''La República'' poll found Villavicencio polling in second place with 13.2%, behind former assemblywoman Luisa González in first place with 26.6%, although polling a month later saw that number slightly reduced, putting him in third or fourth place. A day before his death, he made a report to the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Births
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1978 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted priso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
