The Politics of Instability in Ecuador

The Overthrow of the President, 1961

Bibliographic Data

ID3396901
AuthorsPeter Pyne (corresponding author)
Year1975
Volume7
Issue1
Pages109-133
Publication date1975-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x00016680
OpenAlexW2116919704
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

On 7 November 1961, a crucial date in modern Ecuadorian political history, Dr José María Velasco Ibarra, constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador, was deposed from his high office and sought refuge in the Mexican Embassy. The apparent stability that had characterized the country's political life since 1948 was shattered. The pattern of politics since November 1961 is similar in many respects to that which occurred in the decades between the two World Wars. Coups d'état, dictatorships and military juntas are political phenomena common to both periods. The military intervention which to Velasco's dewnfall in 1961 re-established a convention which had been dormant since 1947

Art · Convention · Democracy · Development economics · Dictatorship · Economic history · Economics · Humanities · Intervention (counseling) · Political economy · Political instability · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America

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