Ecuador, 1952 — dissident coup attempt
Event Summary
The dataset records an attempted dissident coup in Ecuador on 11 December 1952, in the opening months of Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra's third presidency, which he had begun on 1 September 1952. Velasco Ibarra was Ecuador's dominant caudillo, a spellbinding populist orator who reached the presidency five times but was forced from office in all his other terms, three of them cut short by military coups and one by his own overreach. This third term, however, coincided with the banana boom and a rare stretch of Ecuadorian stability, and he completed the full four years to 1956, the only one of his presidencies to run its constitutional course.
Whatever challenge arose in December 1952, it did not unseat him, and his government went on to build hundreds of schools and thousands of kilometers of roads before he handed power to his elected successor.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
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
13012111952
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 and completed his third term, his only full presidency, in 1956.
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
South China Morning Post
The Times of India
Washington Post
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 →