| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
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| 2000, Jan. 21 |
| | | An Indian-supported army coup overthrew Pres. Mahuad; through Congressional ratification he was replaced the following day by the vice president, Gustavo Noboa Bejarano. This was the first successful military coup in Latin America in over ten years. | 1 |
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| | | Though it was the cause of Mahuad's overthrow, Pres. Noboa proceeded with a plan to replace the sucre with the American dollar as the official national currency. This action was part of a larger effort to privatize state-owned industries and restructure Ecuador's foreign debt. | 2 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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