Background
Guillermo Rodríguez Lara was born in Pujilí on 4 November 1923.
Guillermo Rodríguez Lara was born in Pujilí on 4 November 1923.
He graduated from the Quito Military Academy and subsequently enjoyed a normal army career, with a variety of assignments, including several overseas.
By 1971 he was brigadier general and commander- in-chief of the army.
In 1972 General Rodriguez Lara led the army chiefs in overthrowing President José Maria Velasco Ibarra, and assumed the presidency himself.