Plaza Lasso

Among the honorees that year were Galo Plaza Lasso, president of Ecuador; Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy; and David Ben-Gurion, prime minister of Israel.

After four Presidents in eleven months, Galo Plaza Lasso, a U.S.-born democrat, was chosen President by orderly elections in 1948.

Last week, having harangued the country from balconies all over Ecuador, Velasco Ibarra was elected President to succeed U.S.-educated Galo Plaza Lasso.

Last July, after Guevara had served a year, President Galo Plaza Lasso got Congress to pardon and free him.

The people of Ecuador," said Senator-elect Galo Plaza Lasso, 41, "are tired of traditional parties.