Ecuador, 1949 — military coup attempt
Event Summary
On 26 July 1949 military conspirators attempted a coup against President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador, one of the plots his government put down during a term that became a landmark of constitutional rule. Plaza, elected in an unusually free June 1948 election at the head of a coalition of independent Liberals and socialists, made scrupulous adherence to constitutional procedure and broad freedom of opinion the core of his governing style, which itself antagonized both conservative and populist opponents accustomed to settling power by force. The July 1949 attempt failed and Plaza stayed the course, surviving further plotting and the devastating Ambato earthquake of August 1949, and in 1952 he left office as the first Ecuadorian president in 28 years to complete a full term.
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
13007261949
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Galo Plaza Lasso survived the attempt unharmed and completed his full term in 1952.
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
New York Times
The Washington Post
New York Herald Tribune
South China Morning Post
Chicago Daily Tribune
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →