Ecuador, 1947 — palace coup
Event Summary
On August 23, 1947, Ecuadorian President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra was overthrown by his own Minister of National Defense, Colonel Carlos Mancheno Cajas, in a palace coup known as the Manchenazo. Troops under Mancheno's command stormed the presidential palace in Quito, arrested Velasco Ibarra, and forced his resignation and exile. Mancheno assumed supreme command and installed himself as de facto president, but his rule lasted only about ten days: a constitutionalist counter-coup by military officers loyal to the 1946 constitution removed him in early September and restored civilian succession through Vice President Mariano Suarez Veintimilla.
This was one of several times Velasco Ibarra, who was elected president of Ecuador five times, was removed from office by military force.
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
13008231947
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador (deposed, exiled).
Baseline coding: Incumbent executive removed from power. Recorded leader fate: deposed; exiled. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Luttwak
Wikipedia
New York Times
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