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LUCIO GUTIERREZ / RAFAEL CORREA
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Ecuador
Lucio Gutiérrez / Rafael Correa
the transition
Biography
IMPORTANT EVENTS ABOUT HIS LIFE
- He was born in Quito in 1957
- When he was 15, he entered the Eloy Alfaro military school.
- He studied at Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (ESPE) and got a civil engineering degree.
As a military man he was sent to different places
Biography
Career Path
In 1997, he decided to ignore Bucaram's orders to defend the Carondelet Palace in the days prior to his dismission
Career path
- In 1996 he was appointed aide-de-camp to President Abdalá Bucaram.
- It was his first contact with politics and politicians.
First steps
Power
At the beginning of 1999 he presented a document to Jamil Mahuad and his defense minister requesting an economic change and an improvement in the conditions of Ecuadorian families.
Crisis
In March 1999 the political crisis was big, he led an indigenous uprising against Jamil Mahuad that took Quito on January 21, 2000, causing the fall of Mahuad.
The Politician
Politician
Lucio Gutiérrez was arrested for coup and was confined in the Atahualpa Military Fort, where he remained for 120 days until Congress granted him amnesty.
PSP
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He began to work on the formation of a political movement that was named Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero.
The elections
2
Two years later, he ran for president with his party, where he triumphed.
The problems and dismission
The problems
The government received frequent accusations of corruption and nepotism.
The main problem was the "Pichi Corte" where Guillermo Castro Dáger the judge forgave Abdalá Bucaram from his corruption and criminal cases.
Dismission
On April 2005, because of a growing political crisis and protests against the Government, the then President Gutiérrez declared a state of emergency in Quito then he escaped and lost the power.
Dismission
Rafael Correa
the transition
In 2006, after a decade of deep institutional instability, Ecuador chose as president an economist, in a few months, crowned the head of the Alianza PAIS movement. Rafael Correa, was Minister of Economy in 2005 and triumphed with his project of to refound the Ecuadorian State.