Ecuador was the first country in Latin America to recover democracy in 1978, however, its history has been characterized by political instability. In Ecuador, from 1996 to 2006, witnessed the oath of nine Presidents and none Government by the presidential term of four years laid down in the Constitution.
This sequence of overthrow and shots of control began in February 1997 when the then President Abdalá Bucaram, after a popular uprising, was dismissed by Congress "to govern mental disability"; He continued with the coup against Jamil Mahuad, in January 2000; It deepened with the unconstitutional actions of President Lucio Gutiérrez and circumstantial formed majority in the National Congress, in December 2004, to conclude with the overthrow …show more content…
The new President after winning ratified that dollarization will continue, that it will not negotiate the FTA with the United States, and that it profundizaría the integration with Mercosur. But no doubt that other two promises have highlighted more during his administration: the renegotiation of external debt and the call for a constituent Assembly. This last put it in line with the new wave of Latin American left led by Hugo Chávez. Considering that the new constituent Assembly, it would be a "radical change" instrument for the construction of the "socialism of the 21st …show more content…
The first has been characterized by history as a national project Creole - oligarchic - landowner who remained valid from colonial structures until 1895.
President Gabriel García Moreno, who dominated the political scene between 1860 and 1875, tried to consolidate an oligarchic regime favouring the social, political and economic privileges of a small group, and a state associated with the Catholic Church as confessional education institution, the population register and the collection of taxes.
Ecuadorian society was uneven, not all had similar political, social and economic rights. The land was concentrated in the landowners and deepened a form of servitude known as concertaje affecting Indians and coastal peasants.
Since 1864 the radical Liberals began a process of struggle on the coast, in search of a different society. In 1872 there was an uprising in Chimborazo province led by the indigenous Fernando Daquilema.
Without prejudice to the rights established in this Constitution and in international instruments in force, the State will recognize and will guarantee the following
This sequence of overthrow and shots of control began in February 1997 when the then President Abdalá Bucaram, after a popular uprising, was dismissed by Congress "to govern mental disability"; He continued with the coup against Jamil Mahuad, in January 2000; It deepened with the unconstitutional actions of President Lucio Gutiérrez and circumstantial formed majority in the National Congress, in December 2004, to conclude with the overthrow …show more content…
The new President after winning ratified that dollarization will continue, that it will not negotiate the FTA with the United States, and that it profundizaría the integration with Mercosur. But no doubt that other two promises have highlighted more during his administration: the renegotiation of external debt and the call for a constituent Assembly. This last put it in line with the new wave of Latin American left led by Hugo Chávez. Considering that the new constituent Assembly, it would be a "radical change" instrument for the construction of the "socialism of the 21st …show more content…
The first has been characterized by history as a national project Creole - oligarchic - landowner who remained valid from colonial structures until 1895.
President Gabriel García Moreno, who dominated the political scene between 1860 and 1875, tried to consolidate an oligarchic regime favouring the social, political and economic privileges of a small group, and a state associated with the Catholic Church as confessional education institution, the population register and the collection of taxes.
Ecuadorian society was uneven, not all had similar political, social and economic rights. The land was concentrated in the landowners and deepened a form of servitude known as concertaje affecting Indians and coastal peasants.
Since 1864 the radical Liberals began a process of struggle on the coast, in search of a different society. In 1872 there was an uprising in Chimborazo province led by the indigenous Fernando Daquilema.
Without prejudice to the rights established in this Constitution and in international instruments in force, the State will recognize and will guarantee the following