Home / International / World Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Ecuador Names Second Female Defense Chief
Adjust font size:

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Tuesday named Lorena Escudero as defense minister days after her female predecessor's death in a helicopter crash.

Escudero, 41, was a college professor.

The air crash occurred on Wednesday night after two helicopters collided in mid-air near a military base in Manta, some 260 km southeast of Quito, killing 50-year-old Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter and five army officers.

Larriva, who took office on Jan. 15, was the first woman defense chief in Ecuador's history. She was a leader of the Socialist Party that supports Correa.

Correa has ordered to carry out an international investigation of the accident.

(Xinhua News Agency January 31, 2007)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- Ecuadorian DM Killed in Air Crash
- Ecuador to Conduct Int'l Probe into Air Crash Killing DM
Most Viewed >>
> Korean Nuclear Talks
> Reconstruction of Iraq
> Middle East Peace Process
> Iran Nuclear Issue
> 6th SCO Summit Meeting
Links
- China Development Gateway
- Foreign Ministry
- Network of East Asian Think-Tanks
- China-EU Association
- China-Africa Business Council
- China Foreign Affairs University
- University of International Relations
- Institute of World Economics & Politics
- Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies
- Institute of West Asian & African Studies
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
- Institute of Japanese Studies