Velasco Ibarra

American  

[be-lahs-kaw ee-vahr-rah] / bɛˈlɑs kɔ iˈvɑr rɑ /

noun

1. José María 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.

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Example Sentences

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

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A lanky, cantankerous law professor, Velasco Ibarra at 59 is the stormiest figure in Ecuadorian politics.

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Out going President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, most of the armed-forces brass and an apparent majority of run-of-the-plaza Ecuadorians wanted to see Ponce take office for the sake of constitutional order.

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President Jos� Maria Velasco Ibarra has a record of social progress, but he also faces a feudal oligarchy so reluctant to change that his reforms may come too hard and too late.

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But distance seems to lend enchantment to Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra.

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