El Carnavalazo

El Carnavalazo
Date 15 February 1972 (1972-02-15) Location Ecuador Result Successful coup End of the Velasquism. Military governments controls the country until 1979.
Belligerents
Ecuadorian government	Armed Forces of Ecuador
Commanders and leaders
José María Velasco Ibarra	Guillermo Rodríguez Lara

El Carnavalazo was a military coup in Ecuador led by Guillermo Rodríguez Lara that deposed the government of José María Velasco Ibarra on 15 February 1972, ending the fifth and last of the Velasquist presidencies.^[1] This event was popularly called "Carnavalazo" because it happened during the Ecuadorian carnival.^[2]