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Jamil Mahuad
Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt was President of Ecuador from August 10, 1998 to January 21, 2000. He was forced to resign after a week of demonstrations by indigenous Ecuadorians and a military revolt led by Lucio Gutierrez. He is of Lebanese and German descent.
He proposed economic reforms that produced the "dollarization" of the economy. He declared a freeze in bank accounts in order to control the countries' inflation. However, it is presumed that his inner circle had enough time to take millions of dollars out of the banking system.
He lectures in ethics and politics at universities across America. ...
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