The Military Junta of 1963 ( es, Junta Militar del 63) or the Military Junta of Government ( es, Junta Militar de Gobierno) was a military junta which governed the

Republic of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

from 1963 to 1966. Its members were Admiral

Ramón Castro Jijón Admiral Ramón Castro Jijón (15 November 1915 – 1 November 1984) was President of Ecuador 11 July 1963 to 29 March 1966. He was appointed commander of the Ecuadorian Navy by Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy ...

, General Marcos Gándara Enríquez, General Luis Cabrera Sevilla and General Guillermo Freire Posso. The Military Junta of 1963 deposed President

Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (24 August 1919 – 5 March 2004) was an Ecuadorian politician. Arosemena Monroy was elected as Vice President of Ecuador in 1960 and due to the ousting of President José María Velasco Ibarra, became President of ...

because of his support for politics of Cuba's

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, which brought him into conflict with the

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and the

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,"Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy"
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. while the ensuing junta was characterized as being against the Cuban Revolution in international questions. The junta, composed by (originally) four members of the Armed Forces, was praised because of great reforms that it implemented, but also it was criticized because of authoritarianism and great repression that it enforced.

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Instability and Military Dominance, 1960–72
– Dennis M. Hanratty, ed. Ecuador: A Country Study. {{Ecuador topics Military history of Ecuador Political history of Ecuador Government of Ecuador Military dictatorships

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