Ecuadorean President resigns
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QUITO. January 11
General Guillermo Rodriguez Lara today announced his resignation as President of Ecuador. “I have asked to be relieved of my administrative mission,” General Rodriguez Lara said in a t’our-page statement to the press.
The resignation of General Rodriguez Lara, who seized power in a coup in 1972, followed a prolonged campaign to force him from office. His 11-man Cabinet resigned on January 2, and on Friday he handed over responsibility for internal security to the armed forces.
General Rodriguez Lara hoped to complete a normal four-year Presidential term, which would have ended on February 16. But there were growing protests against his Presidency in the last few weeks, including violent demonstrations in several cities.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34048, 12 January 1976, Page 14
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