Plaza Lasso

American  

[plah-sah lah-saw] / ˈplɑ sɑ ˈlɑ sɔ /

noun

1. Galo 1906–87, Ecuadorian statesman and diplomat, born in the U.S.: president 1948–52.

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Example Sentences

Among the honorees that year were Galo Plaza Lasso, president of Ecuador; Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy; and David Ben-Gurion, prime minister of Israel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2015

Last week, having harangued the country from balconies all over Ecuador, Velasco Ibarra was elected President to succeed U.S.-educated Galo Plaza Lasso.

From Time Magazine Archive

After four Presidents in eleven months, Galo Plaza Lasso, a U.S.-born democrat, was chosen President by orderly elections in 1948.

From Time Magazine Archive

After eleven months in office, Ecuador's dapper President Galo Plaza Lasso last week passed a political milestone: his regime survived its first noteworthy revolutionary plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before the eyes of diplomats, generals and other men of distinction gathered in Quito's ornate Sucre National Theater last week, Manhattan-born Galo Plaza Lasso took off his yellow, blue and red presidential sash.

From Time Magazine Archive