July Revolution (Ecuador)
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| La Argolla plutocracy | League of Young Officers | ||||||||
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| Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | |||||||||
The July Revolution (Revolución Juliana) was a civic-military movement in Ecuador that led to a coup on July 9, 1925. Spearheaded by the Military League, a group of young, progressive officers in the Ecuadorian Army, the coup resulted in the overthrow of President Gonzalo Córdova.
After an initial military junta, it was extended for six years until 1931, with two provisional government juntas and the presidency of Isidro Ayora, first interim and then constitutional, which ended with a new military coup on August 24, 1931.
The revolution was oriented against the coastal liberal oligarchy, which the military leaders viewed as corrupt and unable to address the socioeconomic problems facing modern Ecuador. Once in power, they introduced labor policies including the introduction of a minimum wage, an eight-hour workday, and a state pension fund, as well as other social reforms.