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Jump to full article: Associated Press (AP), 2008-12-15
Author: GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press Writer
Intro: Former President Leon Febres Cordero, the colorful, right-wing leader who dominated Ecuadorean politics for almost two decades and was dubbed the "owner" of the nation by his opponents, died on Monday. He was 77.
Close friend and political confidant Alfonso Harb said Febres Cordero - who survived five heart bypass operations, two bouts with cancer and three bullet wounds - died of complications from pulmonary emphysema caused by a lifetime of chain-smoking.
Sporting a mane of white hair and a cigarette hanging from his lip, the leader known simply as "Leon" or "Lion," was an old-fashioned, bare-knuckled Latin American strongman who towered over Ecuador's right for half a century.
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