PRESIDENTS by Doménica Moncayo

Roger Briones (Juan José Flores)

2023-01-19 14:55:24 UTC

Ecuadorian military and statesman. The only son of the Spanish merchant Juan José Aramburu and the Venezuelan Rita Flores Bohorques, he received an elementary education. While still very young, he participated in the War of Independence and was taken prisoner at the age of thirteen. At fifteen he already received the rank of lieutenant and participated in several battles, such as those of Carabobo and Bomboná, which earned him promotions for war merits. He reached the rank of brigadier general in the Tarqui field itself, after the famous battle of the same name.
It incorporated the Galapagos Islands on February 12, 1832. The Pando-Noboa treaty was made with Peru. The peace treaty with Chile was made. He founded the Guayas College, currently known as the Vicente Rocafuerte National College.

President - Gustavo Noboa

2023-01-19 14:55:53 UTC

President of the Republic (2000-2003) and Vice President (1998-2000)
Term of Office: January 22, 2000 - January 15, 2003
Born: Guayaquil, Guayas province, August 21, 1937
Political Party: Popular Democracy-Christian Democratic Union (DP-UDC)
Profession: Professor of Law and university rector.

Gustavo Noboa Bejarano is the second of nine siblings from a middle-class family whose ancestors include one of the short-lived presidents of Ecuador in the turbulent middle years of the 19th century, Diego Noboa Arteta (1850-1851). The boy received all his education in his native Guayaquil, at the Cristobal Colon School, run by the Salesians, and then at the Catholic University, where he graduated in Political and Social Sciences in 1962. In 1965 he obtained his doctorate in Law at his alma mater and the following year he began teaching at the Faculty of Jurisprudence, Social and Political Sciences, in the subjects of Municipal Law and Civil Law, although he had already been teaching in schools since 1962.

Jaime Roldos Aguilera (Tapia)

2023-01-19 14:56:11 UTC

Jaime Roldós Aguilera born November 5, 194 was an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. His presidential term in the republic of Ecuador was from August 10, 1979 until his death in an alleged plane crash, on Sunday afternoon, May 24, 1981.
Jaime Roldos Aguilera led the process of returning to the democratic system in Ecuador, after almost a decade of civil and military dictatorships.
On November 1, 1979, the decree that doubled the minimum wage for workers to 4,000 sucres per month was approved.

He promoted the development of hydroelectric works.
Promotion and development of all levels of education in Ecuador.

Housing endowment.

He carried out some important infrastructure works during his tenure, and had to face the armed conflict with Peru in 1981, known as the Paquisha War.

Jaime Roldós' most significant contribution was his international policy on Human Rights at a time when most Latin American countries were governed by military dictatorships such as Pinochet's in Chile and previously in Ecuador.
His last speech was delivered a few hours before he died, at the Olympic Stadium ceremony and he received boos from the public present, due to economic measures he had taken the previous week.

Rafael Correa(Mathias Chilan and Danna Carpio)

2023-01-19 14:56:26 UTC

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He was elected on his promise to benefit poor people. Before becoming president, he was an academic and then finance minister for four months in 2005.
During your presidency
focused on investment and social development throughout his presidency, investing mainly in infrastructure and social development projects, as well as hospitals, he also presented the advances in employment policies and the labor market registered during the 10 years of the Government of the Citizen Revolution.

Isidro Ayora (Poveda)

dieaguirre248 — 2023-01-19 14:56:46 UTC

Isidro Antonio Ramon Ayora Cueva was born on August 31, 1879. He studied in his hometown, later graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and letters. He immediately traveled to Quito, where he studied medicine at the Central University of Quito, graduating in Medicine and Surgery with the thesis "Biological Laws and their Applications". Later he traveled to Germany and for four years studied at the universities of Dresden and Berlin, where he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
Upon returning to Ecuador, he was appointed Professor of Obstetrics at the Central University and Director of the Quito Maternity Hospital, positions he held for twenty consecutive years. At that time he had already founded -on May 1, 1911-, together with doctors Angel Suárez and Ricardo Villavicencio, the Quito Surgical Clinic, which was later called "Clínica Ayora".
In 1916 he entered politics and was elected Deputy for his province to the National Congress, where he had an outstanding performance. Later, in 1924 he was appointed President of the Municipal Council of Quito.
Consummated the Juliana Revolution that in 1925 put an end to the government of Dr. Gonzalo Córdova Rivera, on January 11, 1926 he was called to integrate the second Plural Government Junta. On April 1 of that same year, the Junta dissolved and appointed him provisional President of the Republic, with absolute powers.
He ruled with a heavy hand, and with the help of the Kemmerer Mission, he promulgated the law that established a new value for the sucre and the one that founded the Central Bank of Ecuador. He issued for the first time several labor laws such as the individual contract, maternity protection and eviction. In December 1928, a Constituent Assembly was installed that issued the XIII Constitution of the Republic and officially elected Ayora as president. In terms of constitutional guarantees, this was one of the most advanced: it enshrined Habeas Corpus, the vote for women, the equality of illegitimate children and the representation of political minorities. He resigned on August 24, 1931. He died on March 22, 1978 in Los Angeles, USA.

Sixto Durán-Ballén (Moisés)

2023-01-19 14:57:28 UTC

Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (Boston, July 14, 1921-Quito, November 15, 2016) was an Ecuadorian architect and politician, president of the Republic of Ecuador between August 10, 1992,1 and August 10, 1996.

^{During his administration, he promoted austerity policies aimed at privatizing strategic sectors such as telecommunications, hydrocarbons and electricity. At the same time, he began a process of transformation of the State with the approval of the Modernization Law as the legal basis for privatizations, and the creation of the National Council for State Modernization as the executor of this law. Several laws were reformed, among them the Hydrocarbons Law, which affected the financing of the public sector and allowed the State's participation in oil revenues to drop from 90% to 33% in the best of cases, since there were contracts where 100% of the benefits were given to private companies.
One of his memorable phrases was "Not one step back", which he expressed publicly before the imminent conflict with Peru, in dispute for the Amazonian territory over the Cenepa River basin in Peruvian territory, during the Cenepa Conflict in 1995.}

Gabriel Garcia Moreno (stefano Lopez)

2023-01-19 14:58:08 UTC

Gabriel García Moreno is one of the fundamental figures of Ecuadorian history. He is the greatest statesman of the 19th century, having saved the republic during the crisis in the ecuador.
as well as one of his best known major works, the Riobamba road, which although it never descended to the coast, did become the precedent of today's Pan-American Highway. It was known as the Garcia Moreno Highway. Quito - Ibarra , built in a short stretch was also characterized by having been authoritarian and overbearing in the republican life of Ecuador, its principle of doctrine was based on the Catholic religion, so it had a considerable influence on education.

garcia moreno was dead in August 6 in 1875

Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea (Kevin)

justinjared120 — 2023-01-19 14:58:14 UTC

Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea was an Ecuadorian politician who presided over the Republic of Ecuador between 1981 and 1984, after the death of President Jaime Roldós (1979-1981), of whose cabinet he was vice president.
Lawyer and university doctor, Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea founded the Ecuadorian Christian Democratic Party in 1964 and in 1966 he was elected president of Congress.

Abdala Bucaram <33333 (Alexey Alvarado)

2023-01-19 14:58:43 UTC

Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz (Guayaquil, February 4, 1952) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer. Founder of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party. He was president of Ecuador during the period between August 10, 19963 and February 6, 1997, which ended with his dismissal by the Ecuadorian Congress (forty-four votes in favor of eighty-two possible) for mental incapacity to govern. He was a fugitive from the Ecuadorian Justice for twenty years, exiled in Panama, until the trials in which he was accused expired.

Currently, he is under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office for complicity in cases of critical corruption; in the purchase of medical supplies with excessive premiums in hospitals of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security. In addition to the alleged participation in the crime of organized crime in relation to the murder of an Israeli citizen in one of the prisons in Guayaquil. Citizen who would have sold medical supplies to Jacobo Bucaram, son of Abdalá Bucaram. Added to this are investigations in which he is targeted for alleged trafficking in property assets and illegal possession of weapons.

He was Constitutional President for 5 months and 25 days. He took office on August 10, 1996 and was dismissed on February 6, 1997.
His government was plagued by corruption scandals and mismanagement, as was the case with "Un Solo Toque", an emblematic housing plan and main campaign offer, handing over a thousand houses with telephones in Durán to the successful bidders registered in the plan, but he received criticism for the little urban planning in its implementation, in addition to not complying with the plan at the national level.

He implemented a popular eating plan, creating the "Abdalact" brand of milk, which received harsh criticism for its low quality and contamination, as well as the messianic and personalist desire of the government. The "School Backpack" project was created, in which low-income children would be given a backpack with all the school supplies, books and daily school breakfast, which was the root of a corruption scandal and misuse of funds, by This plan never materialized, accusing the opposition to the Minister of Education of corruption and in addition to falsifying his PhD title. He was accused of nepotism, receiving strong criticism for this, in particular for having appointed his brother Adolfo as Minister of State and his son Jacobo as director of Customs. Accusations of diversion of funds from the Christmas Telethon in favor of the poor sponsored by the government to the ruling party were also added. He was also criticized for appointing a Governor of the province of Pichincha, whose functions were usually delegated to the prefecture and municipalities of the province, being appointed Mauricio Rojas for the position.

His economic plan was based on the convertibility of four new sucres per US dollar, fully backed by the international monetary reserve. He also implemented a neoliberal economic and financial system devised by Argentine economist Domingo Cavallo that increased the cost of basic services such as domestic gas, electricity, drinking water, and telephones, producing strong nationwide protests and strikes that hastened his overthrow.

León febres cordero

2023-01-19 14:59:11 UTC

He was an Ecuadorian politician, leader of the Social Christian Party of Ecuador
Born on March 9, 1931 and died on December 15, 2008.
The first six months of his presidential term were characterized by the confrontation with Parliament
In 1982, he filed an embezzlement lawsuit in the sale of Isla Santay and its subsequent expropriation plan against the then governor of Guayas, Juan Pablo Moncagatta.
His greatest work was the building of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, which has now disappeared.
It is believed that during his government serious violations of human rights occurred, especially forced disappearances, which led to an opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Ecuadorian State, imposing the obligation to make reparation to the victims and to investigate and punish those who committed said acts. He surrounded the Supreme Court of Justice with war tanks, in order to prevent the inauguration of its new president, who according to the Febres-Cordero government was illegal

José María Velasco (Domenica Qiu)

2023-01-19 14:59:51 UTC

He was born on July 6, 1840 and died on August 26, 1912 was a prominent Mexican painter and landscape painter during the Porfiriato who achieved a position as professor of perspective at the Academy of San Carlos. The stages of the work of José María . An outstanding student of Eugenio Landesio, José María Velasco managed to surpass the teacher early. Landesio's romantic and somewhat scenographic theatricality gives way, in Velasco's works, to a pictorial objectivism full of expressiveness and grandeur. The whole of its production can be classified into three stages.

Rafael Correael mashi (Adrian Uvidia and Thiago Tello)☻

2023-01-19 15:00:15 UTC

It is said that he was one of the best presidents that Ecuador has ever had, Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado was born on April 6, 1963 in the city of Guayaquil, Republic of Ecuador.
He is an Ecuadorian politician, economist and writer, currently Rafael Correa is no longer the President of the Republic of Ecuador, he is 52 years old.
His party in 2023 is: Revolución Ciudadana, son of Norma Delgado Rendón and Rafael Correa Icaza, Rafael Correa was born into a middle-class home.
His tenure began after he won the 2006 presidential election for the first time, a further development he said would "slap" corruption in the face.

The most important works of Rafael Correa Delgado are:
- Together with other Ecuadorian politicians, he founded the Alianza PAÍS movement.
- Proposed a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution for Ecuador.
- There was a change of Economic Orientation to the Country.
- There was also a decrease in inequality.
- Increased sources of employment.
- Built millennium hospitals, roads and schools.
- Built the new headquarters of UNASUR in front of half the world.
- created the airports of Catamayo, Esmeraldas and Latacunga
- Built the Jambelí-Latacunga-Ambato and Zhud Cochancay el Triunfo highways
- Founded the Guayaquil Provisional Detention Center
- Built the Sierra Norte Rehabilitation Center and the Guayas Regional Social Rehabilitation Center

These are some of the works of the ex-president of Ecuador Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado "el mashi"

Juan José Flores Aramburu

Nahomy03 — 2023-01-19 15:00:54 UTC

Juan José Flores was the first presiden of Ecuador, he became lord and master of the Republic of Ecuador in February 12, 1832.

He was terrible with the citizens, he took charge of the rents and committed a series of arbitrary acts, shooting and imprisoning Ecuadorian citizens and much more, he was the worst president they could have.

Now I'm going to talk about him, he was a military man and states man. His relatives were Juan José Aramburu and Rita Flores.

When he was young, he participated in the ''War of Independence'' and was taken prisoner at the age of thirteen.

At fifteen he already received the rank of ''lieutenant'' and participated in several battles, such as those of ''Carabobo'' and ''Bomboná'', which earned him promotions for war merits. He reached the rank of brigadier general in the Tarqui field itself, after the famous battle of the same name.

He born in 1800 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, España) and he died at 64 years in 1864.

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José María Velasco Ibarra

2023-01-19 15:04:55 UTC

José María Velasco Ibarra was an Ecuadorian politician who held the presidency of Ecuador on five separate occasions, on two of which he proclaimed himself dictator. He only completed his constitutional term on one occasion. Velasco led the Ecuadorian political scene for much of the 20th century.
Born: March 19, 1893, Quito
Died: March 30, 1979, Quito
Presidential terms: September 1, 1968 – February 15, 1972

Jose Eloy Alfaro (Jennyfer)

2023-01-19 15:05:18 UTC

He was president of the Republic of Ecuador on two occasions in periods that reached between 1895 to 1901 and 1906 to 1911.
Alfaro's governmental action, the various periods he served as head of state, his monumental construction of the railway, the most important work that the Republic had built up to then, which served for the Country to cement its physical encounter;His work to promote education was permanent and fruitful. He built the normal schools of Quito and Guayaquil, some of the most important public education establishments in the Republic. He instituted primary education as universal, compulsory and free, began the construction of public buildings essential for the time, sanitary and hygienic infrastructure works in Quito and Guayaquil, important highways, began work on additional sections of the railway such as Quito-Ibarra, Manabí, El Oro and Austro. His public work was like that of the legal and juridical restructuring of the Republic: broad, vast and national.

Juan José Flores (Reina and Delgado)

2023-01-19 15:06:12 UTC

Juan José Flores y Aramburu was a soldier born in the Captaincy General of Venezuela and, later, an Ecuadorian political leader from 1830. He was the first President of the Republic of Ecuador. In 1830, it became the current Republic of Ecuador, of which he was invested as its first president. He entered the Spanish army at a very young age where he started out as a soldier but decided to enlist in the independence forces of Simón Bolívar. In 1823 he arrived in Ecuador as General Commander of the Army and in 1828 and 1829 he participated in the defense of the Southern District of Gran Colombia, which earned him promotion to the rank of Major General.

First government
Once in power, Flores consolidated a political alliance between the traditional latifundismo of the Sierra, to which he had been linked by marriage to the Otavalan aristocrat and landowner Mercedes Jijón de Vivanco

Second government (1839-1843)
In his temporary mandate, Flores negotiates with his Rocafuerte. It must also reduce an uprising in Pasto, to the north. And an epidemic of yellow fever in Guayaquil brought by sailors from Panama, which decimated the city.

Third government (1843-1845)
In 1843, when his term was ending, he carried out a coup d'état, being elected president for the third time by a Constituent Assembly through a constitution that was called "Slavery Charter".

A document called the Guayaquil Popular Pronouncement is signed, and Flores went into exile. Flores leads an army and defeats General Guillermo Franco who, with the support of France, was in the port area.

Jaime Roldós (Juliette Aguilar)

2023-01-19 15:06:25 UTC

Jaime Roldós Aguilera was an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who held power as President of Ecuador from 1979 to 1981 (year in which he would die). He was born in Guayaquil on November 5, 1940 and died near Celica (Loja) on May 24, 1981.

Roldós Aguilera governed Ecuador for one year, nine months and fourteen days and stood out for his human, moral, social, civic qualities and high academic preparation.

He was elected in the 1979 Ecuadorian presidential election for the populist Concentration of Popular Forces party.

He was president of the Republic of Ecuador from August 10, 1979 to May 24, 1981.

His presidency stands out for having reestablished democracy in the country, after 10 years under a civil and military dictatorship.

In the same way, his populist party "Concentration of Popular Forces" came to liberate Ecuador from the conservative regime of the Social Christian party of Sixto Durán Ballén.

Jaime Roldós Aguilera was one of the youngest presidents in Ecuadorian history. Because at only 38 years old he was already at the Carondelet. Similarly, he is one of the youngest presidents to die in the entire history of the country.

He was one of the most beloved presidents of all Ecuadorians and he died without stealing a penny from the people.

Rafael Correa (Gustavo Sanchez)

2023-01-19 15:06:34 UTC

He was born into a middle-class home in the center of Guayaquil. His father was Rafael Correa Icaza, born in the province of Los Ríos on March 23, 1935.8 His mother is Norma Delgado Rendón, also from the Vinces canton (Los Ríos province), born on September 1, 1939.9 His parents they had three more children: Fabricio, Pierina and Bernarda Correa.

In 1967, when Rafael was four years old, his father left for the United States, where he was arrested by DEA agents. He was sentenced to five years and three months in prison in a jail in the city of Atlanta (state of Georgia), although he only served three years and was released on June 25, 1971.10

Due to the absence of his father, his mother, Norma Delgado,8 supported the family by cooking, and sent Rafael to make deliveries after school.89 Correa has publicly admitted that he had a difficult childhood due to the absence of his father, and that his family had financial difficulties during that period.11

Juan José flores (mary portugal)

2023-01-19 15:11:19 UTC

Juan Jose Flores Aramburu, he was born Puerto Cabello, 19 JULY OF 1800 in military and statesman. The only son of the Spanish merchant Juan José Aramburu and the Venezuelan Rita Flores Bohorques, he received an elementary education. While still very young, he participated in the War of Independence and was taken prisoner at the age of thirteen. At fifteen they already received the rank of lieutenant and participated in several battles, such as those of Carabobo and Bomboná, which earned him promotions for war merits. He reached the rank of brigadier general in the Tarqui field itself, after the famous battle of the same name.

_{How did Juan José Flores come to power?}

The Riobamba Convention, convened by Flores in May 1830, granted him nationality for being married to an Ecuadorian, which would allow him to assume the presidency of the new republic, created by the Constitution sanctioned there. for fifteen years
Flores dominated the political landscape of Ecuador. In 1839 he was elected the new president for a term of eight years. In 1843 he advanced the National Convention to approve a new Constitution by which he practically became president for life. For this and other absurdities, said Constitution was called the "Slavery Charter." All this cost him the abandonment of many of his followers. Finally he was forced to renounce power after the anti-Florean uprising in Guayaquil in March 1845, known in history as the Marcista movement, for the month in which it occurred.

Sixto Duran Ballén (Juan Pablo Rea)

2023-01-19 15:12:24 UTC

Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (Boston, July 14, 1921-Quito, November 15, 2016) was an Ecuadorian architect and politician, President of the Republic of Ecuador between August 10, 19921 and August 10, 1996.2

His government was marked by sharp falls in economic measures; the Cenepa War; the beginning of the privatization of the state; a noticeable reduction in inflation (from 60% to 24%); increase in the monetary reserve; opening of dialogue with indigenous peoples; creation of FISE3 (Emergency Social Investment Fund), which provided assistance to hundreds of small communities throughout the country; creation of the Environmental Advisory at the presidential level, which served to later create the Ministry of the Environment; and establishment of an Advisory Office for Indigenous Affairs.

One of his memorable phrases was "Not a step back"3, which he expressed publicly in the face of the imminent conflict with Peru, in dispute over the Amazonian territory over the Cenepa river basin in Peruvian territory, during the Cenepa Conflict in 1995. That same year, he was forced to request the resignation of his vice president, Alberto Dahik, after endangering the stability of his government after accusations of corruption by members of the Social Christian Party. and he was a very powerful president.

Tahis Angulo and Ashley Ponce

2023-01-19 15:15:27 UTC

Birth:December 24, 1821

García Moreno was president of Ecuador in the periods 1861-1865 and 1869-1875. During his tenure, great public works prospered and education was reformed.

He studied law at the University of Quito in 1857.There were negotiations that explain Franco-Castilla Treaty or Treaty of Mapasingue, with which the Ecuadorian territory was reduced by handing over the Amazon to Peru. he rationalized and modernized the public administration, cleaned up the treasury, fought against militarism and anarchism, promoted education at all levels, deployed important public works, all with a view to making Ecuador a developed country.
Died :

García Moreno was assassinated by liberal conspirators on August 6, 1875, after having dominated Ecuadorian politics since 1860.

JAIMEN ROLDOS AGUILERA ( ERIKA YUQUILEMA )

2023-01-19 15:16:48 UTC

JAIME ROLDOS AGUILERA
Ecuadorian politician, president of the country between 1979 and 1981. He studied at the Vicente Rocafuerte school in Guayaquil and, later, at the local university, from which he graduated with a law degree. He taught at schools and universities in Guayaquil. In 1968 he was elected deputy; re-elected in 1970, he then demonstrated extraordinary oratory and a great capacity for communication with the masses.
As a political leader he founded a new party: People, Change and Democracy (PCD).

WHEN HE ASSUMED HIS PRESIDENCY:
After assuming the presidency on August 10, 1979, Roldós showed great political autonomy with respect to the forces that contributed to his triumph, and throughout his term he sought to project a new image of the country abroad.

HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORKS :
Among the most outstanding works of his administration are the creation of the Ecuadorian Development Bank (BEDE).

The implementation of the National Literacy Plan.

The installation of thousands of new telephone lines and a nationalist management of the oil policy.

DATE OF DEATH :
May 24, 1981 In a plane crash, the life of the Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, also at odds with US interests, ended, a coincidence that aroused not a few suspicions.

abdala bucaram - Oswaldo apolo and Alfredo arias.

2023-01-19 15:16:56 UTC

Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer. He was president of Ecuador during the period between August 10, 19963 and February 6, 1997, which ended with his dismissal by the Ecuadorian Congress for mental incapacity to govern.4 He was a fugitive from Ecuadorian Justice for twenty years, exiled in Panama, until the trials in which he was accused expired.5678
In addition to the alleged participation in the crime of organized crime in relation to the murder of an Israeli citizen in one of the prisons in Guayaquil.9 Citizen who would have sold medical supplies to Jacobo Bucaram, son of Abdalá Bucaram.
Biography
childhood and youth
Born in the city of Guayaquil, on February 4, 1952,11 the son of Jacobo Bucaram Elmhalin, a Lebanese immigrant, and Rina Ortiz Caicedo. He is the eighth of twelve siblings: Martha, Betty, Linda, Isabel, Jacobo, Rina, Elsa, Santiago, Adolfo, Virginia and Gustavo.
His sister Martha Bucaram Ortiz, was the first lady of Ecuador during the presidential term of the former president of the Republic of Ecuador Jaime Roldós Aguilera, when the two died in a plane crash on Celica hill in the province of Loja.
Marriage and offspring
In 1977 he married María Rosa Pulley Vergara with whom he had children: Jacobo, Abdalá, Linda and Michel.
extramarital children
On August 26, 2020, after suffering angina pectoris for which he had to be admitted to a hospital, it was learned that the former president had a son with Laura Machuca, Ecuadorian consul in Arizona; and four more children procreated with other couples while he was in asylum in Panama.13 However, on September 29, 2020, through a press conference from his home, he revealed after a series of rumors that he has eleven children and not nine .

Political life
Guayaquil mayor's office, first exile and first presidential candidacies
In exile, Abdalá Bucaram was arrested in Panama for drug possession. According to the investigations, members of the international liaison office of the Panama Defense Forces placed a kilo of cocaine in Bucaram's vehicle by order of the then president of that country, Manuel Antonio Noriega, who previously had several telephone contacts with León. The PRE bench in the 1990 National Congress tried to grant Bucaram amnesty, which led to a violent fight between the Roldos legislators and the Christian Democrats, resulting in legislators Jamil Mahuad and Vladimiro Álvarez suffering serious injuries. The amnesty for Bucaram did not prosper, but he ended up returning to the country in 1990 when his case was dismissed in the courts.
Third presidential bid
Bucaram began his campaign for the presidency for the third time, contesting in the presidential elections of Ecuador in 1996, with Rosalía Arteaga as a candidate for the vice presidency of the Republic, who was a minister in the outgoing government of Sixto Durán Ballén, and the first woman to occupy a position position of minister
Presidency of Ecuador
He was Constitutional President for 5 months and 25 days. He took office on August 10, 1996 and was dismissed on February 6, 1997.

He arrived with a government plan with three axes: an economic adjustment, peace with Peru and housing for the popular sectors. It took 113 days to prepare and announce the adjustment plan that would last at least 10 years.

His government style was informal, holding his cabinet meetings in various cantons of the country instead of the Carondelet Palace —Government Palace—, he performed popular shows sponsored by the ruling party such as a concert with the Uruguayan band "Los Iracundos", a Telethon with the president as host, in addition to having frequent appearances on entertainment shows on television.21

His government was plagued by corruption scandals and mismanagement, as was the case with "Un Solo Toque", an emblematic housing plan and the main campaign offer, delivering 13,000 houses with telephones in Durán to the winners registered in the plan, but it received criticism for the little urban planning in its implementation, in addition to not complying with the plan at the national level.22

He implemented a popular eating plan, creating the "Abdalact" brand of milk, which received harsh criticism for its low quality and contamination, as well as the messianic and personalist desire of the government. The "School Backpack" project was created, in which low-income children would be given a backpack with all the school supplies, books and daily school breakfast, which was the root of a corruption scandal and misuse of funds, by This plan never materialized, accusing the opposition to the Minister of Education of corruption and in addition to falsifying his PhD title. He was accused of nepotism, receiving strong criticism for this, in particular for having appointed his brother Adolfo as Minister of State and his son Jacobo as director of Customs. Accusations of diversion of funds from the Christmas Telethon in favor of the poor sponsored by the government to the ruling party were also added.21 He was also criticized for appointing a Governor of the province of Pichincha, whose functions were usually delegated to the prefecture and municipalities of the province, being appointed Mauricio Rojas for the position.23
His economic plan was based on the convertibility of four new sucres per US dollar, fully backed by the international monetary reserve. He also implemented a neoliberal economic and financial system devised by Argentine economist Domingo Cavallo that increased the cost of basic services such as domestic gas, electricity, drinking water, and telephones, producing strong nationwide protests and strikes that hastened his overthrow.