UNION NACIONAL ECUATORIANA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700290012-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 30, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/26 700290012-2
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CENTRAL INTEL GENCE AGENCY
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REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Ecuador
SUBJECT Union lacional :cuatoriana
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO,
RETURN TO CIA
HRRARY
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DATE DISTR. 30 August 1950
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. A new political and labor organization varied the Union Ijacional Lcuatoriana (UlE)
has been founded in Guayaquil by Dr. i:anuol ,'Arenas Coello, a former Communist
leader who brolm with the Partido Conuninta del Ecuador (PC,) subsequent to
his 6 :;ovonber 1949 defeat in the Guayaquil mayoralty election in which he was
the candidate of the Communist front, Alianza Popular Ecuatoriana.*
2. The basic strength of the U11E lies in the Guayaquil street-cleaners' syndicate
of appro inately three hundred and fifty members over which Arenas Coello,
as the alderman in charge of this municipal work, maintains control. Prior to
the break of Arenas Coello with the PCL the majority of the stxvot-cleaners
wore Communists or of Communist tendencies, but subsequent to this Arenas Coello
discharged all Communist members who would not Cive him their support and who
refused to join the 111M.
3. At present the LSD is attenntirv_ to grain control of the union of the Guayaquil
brewery taorl srs, and there is reason to believe that it pray be successful in
gaining,; control of this Corritmist stronghold.
4.. Thou h the 1711; classos itself as being nationalistic and anti-Communist; never-
theless, it is of a markedly leftist tendency which is not surprising since a
great number of the merlbors are renegade Comunists. Arenas Coollo has
stated that ho hopes to build the hi1L into a personal political machine
sufficiently strong to enable him to gain the mayoralty of Guayaquil,. To
strengthen the Ui1E position and drawing appeal, Arenas Coello is at present
attempting to raise sufficient money to purchase a printing press and to found
his otm newspaper.
5. Arenas Coopers closest collaborators are M11" vice president Alfonso Ramos
iTarcuez tie la Plata and secretary V. Eduardo Candel V. Jose Vicente Trujillo,
the foster I:inister of Govermmnt, and Eduardo Puig Aroaermena, the president
of the Chamber of Coerce of Guayaquil, are closely collaborating with Arenas
Coello and reportedly helped prepare the proG of action of the VIlE.
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