In the 1998 presidential elections he was the running mate of Jamil Mahuad, who won.

Vice President Gustavo Noboa took charge by vice-presidential decree ; Mahuad went on national television in the morning to endorse Noboa as his successor.

The Unidad de Valor Constante ( UVC ) was created by the " Ley de Valores " of Ecuador in 1993, and abolished with dollarization in the presidency of Jamil Mahuad on January 9, 2000.

Mahuad was forced to abandon office after demonstrations in Quito by thousands of indigenous Ecuadorians protested Mahuad government's support of neo-liberal economic policies, particularly proposed dollarization plans.

In the 1998 elections, party member Jamil Mahuad was elected president, and after a short military coup, he was succeeded in 2000 by the vice-president, Gustavo Noboa, who was also in the party.

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Ecuadorian Presidente Jamil Mahuad signed a final document in which Ecuador accepted Perú's right over Tumbes and other territories claimed by Ecuador until then.

That night Mendoza was contacted by the Organization of American States as well as the U. S. State Department, which hinted at the imposition of a Cuban-style isolation on Ecuador if power was not returned to the neoliberal Mahuad administration.

Mahuad was forced to resign after a week of demonstrations by indigenous Ecuadorians and a military revolt led by Lucio Gutiérrez.

No presidential candidate obtained a majority, so a run-off election between the top two candidates-Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad of the DP and Social Christian Álvaro Noboa Pontón-was held on July 12, 1998.

Mahuad concluded a well-received peace with Peru on October 26, 1998, but increasing economic, fiscal, and financial difficulties drove his popularity steadily lower.

During a night of confusion and failed negotiations President Mahuad was forced to flee the presidential palace for his own safety.

The Ecuadorean Congress then met in an emergency session in Guayaquil on the same day, January 22, and ratified Noboa as President of the Republic in constitutional succession to Mahuad.

Retired Colonel Lucio Gutiérrez, a member of the military junta that overthrew Mahuad, was elected president in 2002 and assumed the presidency on January 15, 2003.

On January 9, 2000, the administration of President Jamil Mahuad announced its intention to adopt the U. S. dollar as the official currency of Ecuador to address the ongoing economic crisis.

In 1998, Presidents Jamil Mahuad of Ecuador and Alberto Fujimori or Peru signed a comprehensive settlement over control of the disputed zone.

Gutiérrez was prominent in 2000 Ecuadorean coup d ' état that replaced President Jamil Mahuad for three hours in January 2000.

On January 9, President Jamil Mahuad announced that the US dollar would be adopted as Ecuador's official currency.

Five hours later, the armed forces called for the resignation of President Mahuad.

On 21 January 2000 a military coup deposed the government of Jamil Mahuad, and the following day Noboa became President of Ecuador in constitutional order.

Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt ( born July 29, 1949 ) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician and the 51st President of Ecuador from August 10, 1998 to January 21, 2000.

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

West Berlin's Mayor Brandt vigorously demanded a firmer stand on the dismemberment of his city and won votes by it.

Not only should this provision be enforced but other economic and political actions might be taken which, this author believes, `` must surely be supported by every American who values the freedom that has been won for him and whose conscience is not so dominated by the lines in his account books that he can willingly and knowingly contribute to the enslavement of another nation ''.

The September-October term jury had been charged by Fulton Superior Court Judge Durwood Pye to investigate reports of possible `` irregularities '' in the hard-fought primary which was won by Mayor-nominate Ivan Allen Jr..

Toying with her field in the early stages, Garden Fresh was asked for top speed only in the stretch by Jockey Philip Grimm and won by a length and a half in 1.24 3-5 for the 7 furlongs.

So he picked up a stroke with the provisional ball and won the tournament by the margin of that stroke.

Those Dodgers won their first 10 games and owned a 21-2 mark and a nine-game lead by May 8.

In poultry judging, blues were won by John Nyberg of Tualatin, Anne Batchelder of Hillsboro, Jim Shaw of Hillsboro, Stephanie Shaw of Hillsboro and Lynn Robinson of Tigard.

Artfully, as the days went by, he found occasion to tell her that his father had won the Navy Cross in the Korean War ; ;

Taylor won and Lincoln hoped to be appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office, but that lucrative patronage job went to an Illinois rival, Justin Butterfield, considered by the administration to be a highly skilled lawyer, but in Lincoln's view, an " old fossil ".

Algeria had also won an Oscar for the movie Z, a political thriller directed by Costa Gavras.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

* 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by + 4 − 1 = 6.

It was won by Georges Bouton of the De Dion-Bouton Company, in a car he had constructed with Albert, the Comte de Dion, but as he was the only competitor to show up it is rather difficult to call it a race.

The three-match series resulted in a two-one win to England, notwithstanding a fourth match, won by the Australians, whose status remains a matter of ardent dispute.

Australia won the First Test by nine wickets, but in the next two England were victorious.

The 1894 – 95 series began in sensational fashion when England won the First Test at Sydney by just 10 runs having followed on.

England went on to win the series 3 – 2 after it had been all square before the Final Test, which England won by 6 wickets.

Australia resoundingly won the 1897 – 98 series by 4 – 1 under the captaincy of Harry Trott.

At Old Trafford, Australia won by just 3 runs after Victor Trumper had scored 104 on a " bad wicket ", reaching his hundred before lunch on the first day.