What the records say
- When
- 15 Feb 1972
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 0.22° S, 78.51° W
- Description
- military coup in Ecuador
El Carnavalazo
1972 military coup in Ecuador
El Carnavalazo was a military coup in Ecuador led by Guillermo Rodríguez Lara that deposed the government of José María Velasco Ibarra on 15 February 1972, ending the fifth and last of the Velasquist presidencies. This event was popularly called "Carnavalazo" because it happened during the Ecuadorian carnival.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Ecuador”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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