Ecuador, 1956 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a military and dissident coup conspiracy in Ecuador on 1 June 1956, at the end of the third presidential term of Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, which ran from 1952 to 31 August 1956 and was the only one of his five terms he completed in full. The coded date coincides with the contested presidential election of June 1956, narrowly won by the conservative Camilo Ponce Enriquez over the liberal Raul Clemente Huerta amid allegations of fraud, which produced political tension and talk of military intervention during the transition. No discrete named plot precisely on 1 June 1956 appears in accessible English sources; the entry is thin.
Despite the tension, Velasco completed his term and handed power to Ponce, marking a rare period of Ecuadorian constitutional continuity in an era otherwise defined by Velasco's repeated removals 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
13006011956
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Velasco Ibarra completed his term and the disputed 1956 election transition proceeded to Ponce.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. 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 Sun
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 →