Lucila Santos Trujillo (9 July 19284 May 2020) was First Lady of Ecuador to

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, the daughter of Atanasio Santos Chávez, Governor of

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, and Lucila Trujillo Gutiérrez. In 1947, she married

Otto Arosemena Otto Arosemena Gómez (19 July 1925 – 20 April 1984) was List of heads of state of Ecuador, President of Ecuador from 16 November 1966 to 1 September 1968.Guayaquil , motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Ecuador#South America , pushpin_re ...

, and the couple had three children. In 1955, they acquired a

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property in Guayaquil and named it Villa Lucile. They sold the property in 1962 and moved to

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, where Arosemena had been living since 1957 for his political offices. When he became

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in 1966, Santos likewise became

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and the host of

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during her husband's presidency. In addition to the First Lady's traditional role as president of the National Institute for Children and the Family, Santos promoted the "One School a Day" program, which built schools across Ecuador. She died in

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