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BY TEACHER MAGUS

military dictatorship

It is an authoritarian way of gorvernment that controls fredom of expression

WHAT IS A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP?

In Latin America in 1970s a series of changes took place that were influenced by the Cuban Revolution, the triumph of communism in Latin America. The United States intervened In Latin American politics and encouraged the armed forces in various countries to take power.

ARM FORCES IN LATIN AMERICA

People were detained, tortured and disappeared.

Congresses were abolished and elections prohibited

The dictatorship controlled all powers, even the judiciary

Liberal economic policies were adapted

Opposition was repressed

CHARACTERISTICS

IN THESE COUNTRIES POLICIES THAT VIOLETED HUMAN RIGHTs WERE INTRODUCED.

The nationalist ideological tendency proposed social reforms and defended the sovereignty of the country in the management of its natural resources.The Ecuador dictaroship of 1970s favored domestic industry with high import tarfis and provided subsidies on electricity and fuelsThe process of industrialization was planned focusing on internal consumption, not exports and the Ecuadorian market was very slow.

governments of the armed forces in ecuador

Vice Admiral Alfrefp ¨Poveda Burbano, General Guillermo Durán Arcentales, General Luis Leoro Franco

Rear Admiral Ramón Castro Jijón, General Marcos Gándara Enríquez, General Luis Cabrera Sevilla, Coronel Guillermo Freile Posso.

1976-1979

TRIUMVIRATE

1972-1976

GUILLERMO RODRÍGUEZ LARA

1963-1966

junta militar

GOVERNMENTS

DEMOCRACY

A rule of law in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.

Protection of the human rights of all citizens; and

Active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life

A system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections

CHARACTERISTICS

Rodríguez, G.(2018).Social Studies.Santillana

A bloody military coup in September 1975 cost 22 lives but failed to overthrow Lara. A bloodless coup in January 1976 succeeded, and Lara was replaced by a military triumvirate, the Supreme Council of Government. The three military commanders aimed to return the government to constitutional civilian rule for pragmatic reasons. The bloody coup had illuminated divisions within the armed forces, and civilian control was seen by the military as a mechanism to heal, or at least mask, the divisions. The original timetable set presidential elections for February 1978, but disagreement among military leaders and military manipulation of the electoral process postponed the vote. A national referendum in January 1978 resulted in a newly drafted national charter, and presidential elections were held in April 1979, with Jaime Roldos winning 68.5 percent of the votes. Pressure from the United States and Ecuadorian public consensus led to a peaceful transition. Still, the military blocked any investigation into human rights abuses within their ranks, which remained a source of political turmoil..

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