Ecuador, 1947 — dissident coup attempt
Event Summary
On 14 March 1947 dissident conspirators attempted to move against President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador, whose second presidency was unraveling amid economic crisis and eroding military support. Velasco had taken power after the May 1944 Glorious Revolution, swung from a leftist constituent assembly to a conservative 1946 constitution, and by 1947 faced unabated inflation and dangerously low foreign exchange reserves. His long serving defense minister Colonel Carlos Mancheno had resigned in early January 1947, a move contemporaries later read as time to organize opposition networks within the military.
The March attempt failed and Velasco remained in office, but only until 23 August 1947, when Mancheno, restored to the defense ministry, stormed the presidential palace in the Manchenazo, forced Velasco's resignation, and sent him into exile in Argentina.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
13003141947
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra survived the March attempt unharmed and remained in office until deposed by Mancheno on 23 August 1947.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Luttwak
Daily Boston Globe
New York Times
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