Essay about Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra - The Leader

There has been many leaders throughtout the world. Some were better than others. We all provide something unique to this world, but what makes some leaders great? Suleiman, Nelson Mandela, and queen Elizabeth I exhibited the characteristics of great leaders, by being loved by their people and by being devoted.

Some people finally had enough of his reign and did something about it. People called him “El Jefe”, meaning The Chief or The Boss. The citizens were usually obedient to him because they feared his punishment. Any resistance against him was dealt with harshly and any rebel usually ended up “disappearing from the face of the earth” (Radeska). The incident that really got people to rebel against him was his assassination attempt against Venezuela’s president, Romulo Betancourt. Many people tried to kill him but failed. Finally on May 30, 1961 a group shot and killed him, while he was on the way to San Cristóbal. The group of people that were involved in his killing were Amado Garcia Guerrero, Antonio de la Maza, General Juan Tomas Diaz, and General Antonio Imbert Barrera. It was late that evening, General Imbert and the three other people were waiting for Trujillo to drive past. It took multiple shots to take him down. The final shot, that killed him, was from General Imbert. Trujillo was left sprawled dead across the highway, and his reign over the Santa Domingo capital was finally over (“I Shot the Cruellest Dictator in the Americas“). And the prop,r of the Santa Domingo capital were finally free of his

    General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina ruled 31 years from 1930-1961. Trujillo was born on October 24, 1891 in San Cristobal. He grew up in a middle-class family with 10 siblings, being the third child, of Spanish, Haitian, and Dominican descent. General was taught basic primary school in houses of other parents. At the age of 25, Trujillo had a wife and a steady job. Before his first Presidential term, he was a telegraph operator and sugar plant guard. By 1919,

In 1910, he breaks his promise and runs for reelection, but so does Francisco Madero. Diaz imprisons Madero on charges of “fomenting a rebellion and insulting the authorities”, and Diaz wins the election, being the only candidate. Madero escapes prison and flees to Texas from where in October, he publishes the “Plan de San Luis Potosí” calling for a revolt on November 20. That is where many mark the start of the revolution.

Rodrigo Londono also goes by the name of Timoleon Jimenez. Rodrigo Londono joined the FARC during the year 1982. Manuel Marulanda was the main founder of the organization until he passed away due to natural causes in 2008. Rodrigo Londono’s success within the organization has allowed the FARC to step into a new age as the FARC begins to have a political pull in Colombia. Rodrigo Londono is known for his brutal tactics. From assassinations to kidnappings, Rodrigo Londono proves to be the stern leader the FARC needs in order to continue its progress. Rodrigo Londono currently is at peace with the Colombian Government due to his agreement with the Government. Rodrigo Londono was born in poverty. His family’s values were heavy in communist

One of the first things that Cárdenas did after his successful campaign was to cut his own presidential salary in half, and this was only the beginning. After he had successfully developed his presidential role he turned against Calles completely and had him and many of his cronies deported to the US, at great popular support of many in the Mexican population who had been victim and seen the destruction that this long held post revolutionary cronyism had upon their once hopeful nation. (Knight 1990) Cárdenas also eradicated capital punishment, becoming one of the first nations in the world to do so and certainly one of the first in North and South America. Cárdenas successful presidency, elimination of much of the political cronyism as well as social policy changes also created a reasonable end to the revolutionary skirmishes that were still taking place more than 20 years after the beginning of the Mexican revolution in 1910. His partnership with the dominant political party, PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) helped end a substantial amount of violence and social confusion, almost absent of revolutionary bloodshed. (Bantjes 1996, 62-64, 69, 96, 192)

In Mexico he began to organize a guerrilla voyage to Cuba for a violent uprising against Batista authority (Castro, 2009). On December 2, 1956 Castro, joined by 81 other revolutionaries (which included big names such as Che Guevara, and Jesus Montane), reached the Cuban cost. (Castro, 2009). For the next two years Castro helped the Rebel Army organize their forces throughout the entire island. Here is a timeline of events during the two years during the rise of the rebellion (Frank, 2013):

Throughout the course of his whole lifetime he was able to free almost all of northern South America, and at this point he was known as “El Liberator.” When studying South American independence efforts, it is physically impossible to bypass Simon Bolivar because of his prevalence in all countries. He was able to weave himself into the independence efforts of many countries, including Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. He was able to free these countries through a multitude of ways and had significant effects on these countries, even to the extent that he is still known as “El Libertador” today. In 1810, Venezuela’s independence movement declared independence from Spain, and a new government was created. However, the movement was defeated by Spain, and Bolívar was forced to flee to Cartagena, Colombia. In 1813, fighting once again broke out between the rebels and the Spanish. This time Bolívar and his troops successfully defeated the Spanish. Bolívar then went to New Granada (present-day Colombia) and took command of military forces. In May 1814, he captured the capital, Bogotá. Bolívar believed that South America should have a parliamentary government modeled after England but with a president for life. By 1821, Bolívar had successfully liberated Venezuela, Ecuador, and New Granada and found the Republic of Gran

In the mid 20th century, Colombian politics were dominated by the Liberal and Conservative parties with fierce supporters that carried out the ideological and social differences into violence. Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, a popular leader of the liberal party in Colombia launched social, economic, and political modernising reforms in the 1930’s. Gaitan was in the process of converting Colombia into a left-wing country when he was assassinated right before an upcoming presidential election. Gaitan was the favorite to represent the Liberal Party and was going to implement a more Liberal system in Colombia. The reaction to this assassination produced an uncontrollable clash between

Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist in the late 1950’s. He was also a major figure of the Cuban Revolution. In 1948, Guevara entered the University of Buenos Aires to study medicine. His hunger to explore the world led him to go on two long journeys that would change the way he viewed himself and the economic conditions in Latin America. The first expedition in 1950 was a 2,800 mile solo trip through northern Argentina on a bicycle on which he installed a small engine. This was followed in 1951 by a nine-month, 5,000 mile motorcycle trip through most of South America. He took a year off from his studies to go with his friend Alberto Granado, with

Fidel Castro first attempted to overthrow Cuban president Fulgencio Batista in 1953, his attempt was unsuccessful and resulted in him being imprisoned. Upon his release Fidel formed a revolutionary group in Mexico and due to his powerful leadership skills

Juan Domingo Perón, born in 1895 in Lobos, Argentina, was the President of Argentina on two occasions separated by eighteen years. He first came to power by the election of February 28,1946. He ruled for almost ten years until he was pressured to resign by the Argentine military and in September of 1955 he left the country. He spent almost the next twenty years in exile but never lost touch with the Argentine people and especially the Argentine labor movement. In 1973, after eighteen years of exile, Perón returned to Argentina and was elected president again with his third wife Isabel as vice-president. His power as a ruler came out of the special connection that he made with the working classes and unions

I decided to write this research paper because we were assigned to find an issue or subject within Latin America to write about. One of the most widely known and influential revolutionary figure in the history of Latin America is Ché Guevara. Ché knew how to use his intelligence and judgment in all the circumstances he encountered taking advantage of each moment as if it was a highly intensive chess game he was sincerely

Not all leaders are famous like Martin Luther King, most leaders are ordinary people; you can walk down the street and run into someone and not know that they are a very powerful leader. I personally know of a good leader that is an ordinary person; my father. Although some people believe that leaders are born and not made, I believe that anyone can become a leader if they have enough courage and are thick skinned. There are many words that people come up with when they are asked to describe what makes a good leader. The most popular characteristics used to describe a good leader would be a good listener, responsible, and decisive. When you think of what makes a good leader you should also ask what kind of education they have and what

Las elecciones de Ecuador, dónde viajé por la primavera del 2013, están en el mes de febrero, cada cuatro años. Llegue en el principio del enero en un año de las elecciones, y por eso escuchaba mucha de la sistema, y un elector Rafael Correa. Formé mis opiniones y crecimientos basados en los opiniones de mi primera familia ecuatoriana, pero más tarde, investigué a aprender más sobre Correa. talk about what you discovered? Hubo muchas opiniones sobre el líder político, Rafael Correa que eran descutieron.