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the sources used by me. Also I did not think we were going to meet personallybecause when the book was given to me in Cuba, you were in jail.At the end these are unusual encounters! (15)REFERENCES(1) In truth the objectives were three, starting with the destabilization ofthe government of José Maria Velasco Ibarra, who began his administrationwith a strong nationalist tone in his speeches, praising Cuba, its Revolution,the Soviet Union. Within this context, the <strong>CIA</strong>, which supportedex president Camilo Ponce Enríquez, leader of the Social-Christian Movement(later the Party), tried to stall the rise of Velasco Ibarra, who initiallymaintained relationships with Cuba. One year after he declared himself adictator, he unleashed the repression and fell because of people uprisingin November 1961 where URJE played a pivotal role, students whose militantswere murdered in Guayaquil, as was the case of professor EduardoFlores Torres, leader of the magistrate. Carlos Julio Arosamena rose, overthrowntwo years later by the coup organized by the <strong>CIA</strong>.(2) General Mauricio Gándara Enriquez formed part of the Junta Militargolpista that was presided by Ramón Castro Jijón which was alsoformed by the Generals Guillermo Freile Pozo and Luis Cabrera Sevilla.This dictatorship was totally submissive: it gave in concession an immensearea of the Amazon region to Texaco-Gulf (about one millionfive hundred thousand hectares), whose predatory action is to this day,for over a decade, cause of botchy lawsuits against Chevron-Texaco,due to the just demands of the affected communities. Besides, he forfeitedin Modus Vivendi the sovereignty over 200 nautical miles.46

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