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ECUADOR SINCE 2000
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On January 21, 2000, during demonstrations in Quito by indigenous groups, the military and police refused to enforce public order, beginning what became known as the 2000 Ecuadorean coup d'état. Demonstrators entered the National Assembly building an... |
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ECONOMIC CRISIS (1990-2000)
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In 1992, Sixto Durán Ballén won his third run for the presidency. His tough macroeconomic adjustment measures were unpopular, but he succeeded in pushing a limited number of modernization initiatives through Congress. Durán Ballén's vice president, A... |
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RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC RULE (1979-1984)
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Roldós presided over a nation that had undergone profound changes during the seven years of military rule. There were impressive indicators of economic growth between 1972 and 1979: the government budget expanded some 540 percent, whereas exports as ... |
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CONSTITUTIONAL RULE (1947-1960)
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Galo Plaza differed from previous Ecuadorian presidents. Galo Plaza brought a developmentalist and technocratic emphasis to Ecuadorian government. No doubt Galo Plaza's most important contribution to Ecuadorian political culture was his commitment to... |
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THE POSTWAR ERA (1944-1948)
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The Quiteño multitudes standing in the pouring rain on May 31, 1944, to hear Velasco promise a "national resurrection," with social justice and due punishment for the "corrupt Liberal oligarchy" that had been responsible for "staining the national ho... |
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EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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Much of the 20th century was dominated by one José María Velasco Ibarra, whose 5 presidential terms began with an mandate in 1934 and final presidency ended in 1972. However the only term he actually completed was his 3rd from 1952-1956.Much of the c... |
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THE LIBERAL ERA (1895-1925)
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The new era brought in liberalism, the most outstanding was Eloy Alfaro, under his direction the government headed out to aid those in the rural sectors of the coast. Alfaro is credited for finishing the construction of the railroad connecting Guayaq... |
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THE ERA OF CONSERVATISM (1860-1895)
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Gabriel García Moreno is the father of Ecuadorian conservatism and no doubt the most controversial figure in the nation's history, condemned by Liberal historians as Ecuador's worst tyrant but exalted by Conservatives as the nation's greatest nation-... |
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THE EARLY REPUBLIC
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Before the year 1830 drew to a close, both Marshal Sucre and Simón Bolívar would be dead; the former, murdered (on orders from a jealous General Flores, according to some historians), and the latter, from tuberculosis.Juan José Flores known as the fo... |
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GRAN COLOMBIA
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The second chapter in Ecuador's struggle for emancipation from Spanish colonial rule began in Guayaquil, where independence was proclaimed in October 1820 by a local patriotic junta under the leadership of the poet José Joaquín de Olmedo. By this tim... |
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