Musical chairs.Political coups have, in the past, often meant bloodshed in the streets of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . The violence has diminished, but the revolving door still spins as financial crises, illness, and civil war have pressured institutionally weak governments across the region. A historic economic crisis in Argentina put 6 presidents in and out of office, most of them lasting less than a week. In Venezuela, the 2002 coup resulted in 48-hour-long presidential terms of two interim leaders. Ecuador's president fled to Brazil, while energy issues forced Bolivia's president to step down. ARGENTINA Fernando de la Rua Dec. 10, 1999-Dec. 21, 2001 Ramon Puerta Dec. 21, 2001-Dec. 23, 2001 Adolfo Rodriguez Saa Dec. 23, 2001-Dec. 31, 2001 Eduardo Camano Dec. 31, 2001-Jan. 1, 2002 Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde Maldonado (born October 5, 1941) is a former president of Argentina. Duhalde was born in Lomas de Zamora, in the Greater Buenos Aires. He graduated as a lawyer in 1970. Jan. 1,2002-May 25, 2003 Nestor Kirchner May 25, 2003- BOLIVIA Hugo Banzer Hugo Banzer Suárez (May 10, 1926 – May 5, 2002) was a conservative politician, military general, and President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from August 22, 1971 to July 21, 1978, as a military dictator; and then again from August 6, 1997 to August 7, Aug. 6, 1997-Aug. 7, 2001 Jorge Quiroga Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez (born May 5, 1960) was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. He is seen as politically conservative. He is a 1981 graduate of Texas A&M University, with a degree in industrial engineering, becoming the first Aggie head of Aug. 7, 2001-Aug. 6, 2002 Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Aug. 6, 2002-Oct. 17, 2003 Carlos Mesa Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (born August 12, 1953) is a Bolivian politician, historian and President of Bolivia from October 17, 2003 until his resignation on June 6, 2005. Oct. 17, 2003-June 9, 2005 Eduardo Rodriguez June 9, 2005- ECUADOR Gustavo Noboa Gustavo Noboa Bejarano (born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 21 August, 1937-). Politician and the President of Ecuador (22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003) and was notable for being accused of mishandling the country's foreign debt [1] by former president, León Febres Cordero. Jan. 22, 2000-Jan. 15, 2003 Lucio Gutierrez Jan. 15, 2003-April 20, 2005 Alfredo Palacio April 20, 2005- VENEZUELA Hugo Chavez Feb. 2, 1999-April 12, 2002 Pedro Carmona April 12, 2002-April 13, 2002 Diosado Cabello April 13, 2002-April 13, 2002 Hugo Chavez April 13, 2002 GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS RANK (OF 104 COUNTRIES): Argentina: 74 Bolivia: 98 Ecuador: 90 Venezuela: 85 SOURCE: LATIN TRADE, World Economic Forum |
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