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Lucio Gutierrez
Lucio Edwin Gutierrez Borbua served as President of Ecuador from January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005.
Political rise
Gutierrez was prominent in a short-lived junta that replaced President Jamil Mahuad for few hours in January 2000. Mahuad was forced to abandon office after demonstrations in Quito by thousands of indigenous Ecuadorians protested Mahuad government's support of neo-liberal economic policies, particularly proposed dollarization plans. Instead of ordering to disperse the protesters, then Col. Gutierrez and the army stood aside and let them take over the national parliament. Under pressure from the United States, and lacking support from the indigenous movement, ...
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