Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)
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General Guillermo Rodríguez | |
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Acting President of Ecuador | |
In office February 15, 1972 – January 11, 1976 | |
Preceded by | José María Velasco Ibarra |
Succeeded by | Alfredo Poveda |
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Born | Pujilí, Cotopaxi, Ecuador | November 4, 1924
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Children | 5 |
Alma mater | School of the Americas |
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Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (born November 4, 1924), known as "Bombita", is a former military dictator of Ecuador who was in power from February 15, 1972 to January 11, 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 at Esmeraldas, and new equipment for the armed services. The Ecuadorian military removed him from power in 1976.
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