Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On February 15, 1972, in what is surely one of the most frustrating political events in history, the President of Ecuador, José María Velasco Ibarra, was ousted by a military coup, incredibly, the fourth time such a coup took place out of the five times Ibarra was president!
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-president-5-times-overthrown-4-times
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corina_del_Parral_(circa_1935)_01.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delia_Ibarra_Sober%C3%B3n_(circa_1880).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Velasco_Ibarra_y_Corina_del_Parral,_circa_1940.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Velasco_Ibarra_y_Corina_del_Parral_en_Carondelet.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prof._Jose_Maria_Velasco,_Bestanddeelnr_926-2656.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_America._LOC_99443238.jpg
The image by Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allende_-Velasco_Ibarra_(2).png is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Chile license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/cl/deed.en
The images by David Adam Kess available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Velasco_Ibarra,_monument._Quito._pic.a01,_marker_i.d._tablet._info.El_Ejido,_Quito,_Ecuador_Parque_El_Ejido.jpg and by H3kt0r available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monumento_a_Velasco_Ibarra.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
The images by CircleNumber available at pixabay.com/videos/number-five-5-3d-element-flip-50582 and pixabay.com/videos/number-four-3d-alphabet-animated-50411/, by Edurs34 available at pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-education-5585922/, and by TheDigitalArtist available at pixabay.com/illustrations/expired-stamp-end-finish-nothing-5251000 are licensed under the Pixabay License: pixabay.com/service/license
Images used in this video are believed to be (based on their file descriptions at the time of access by us) either in the public domain or available per a Creative Commons license or per “fair use”. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are the originator of any image used in this video and would like us to name you and/or include a link to the original source in this video’s description, we will gladly do so.
Please support this channel on Patreon at patreon.com/historyandheadlines
Thank you for watching this video!
On February 15, 1972, in what is surely one of the most frustrating political events in history, the President of Ecuador, José María Velasco Ibarra, was ousted by a military coup, incredibly, the fourth time such a coup took place out of the five times Ibarra was president!
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-president-5-times-overthrown-4-times
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corina_del_Parral_(circa_1935)_01.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delia_Ibarra_Sober%C3%B3n_(circa_1880).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Velasco_Ibarra_y_Corina_del_Parral,_circa_1940.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Velasco_Ibarra_y_Corina_del_Parral_en_Carondelet.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prof._Jose_Maria_Velasco,_Bestanddeelnr_926-2656.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_America._LOC_99443238.jpg
The image by Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allende_-Velasco_Ibarra_(2).png is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Chile license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/cl/deed.en
The images by David Adam Kess available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Velasco_Ibarra,_monument._Quito._pic.a01,_marker_i.d._tablet._info.El_Ejido,_Quito,_Ecuador_Parque_El_Ejido.jpg and by H3kt0r available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monumento_a_Velasco_Ibarra.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
The images by CircleNumber available at pixabay.com/videos/number-five-5-3d-element-flip-50582 and pixabay.com/videos/number-four-3d-alphabet-animated-50411/, by Edurs34 available at pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-education-5585922/, and by TheDigitalArtist available at pixabay.com/illustrations/expired-stamp-end-finish-nothing-5251000 are licensed under the Pixabay License: pixabay.com/service/license
Images used in this video are believed to be (based on their file descriptions at the time of access by us) either in the public domain or available per a Creative Commons license or per “fair use”. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are the originator of any image used in this video and would like us to name you and/or include a link to the original source in this video’s description, we will gladly do so.
Please support this channel on Patreon at patreon.com/historyandheadlines
Thank you for watching this video!
