The former President León Febres Cordero of Ecuador, died on Monday of a lung cancer and emphysema at age 77, as confirmed by co-leader of the controversial policy to local media.
 
Febres Cordero, a mechanical engineer who for years led the powerful Partido Social Cristiano (PSC), ruled the country between 1984 and 1988 with strong hand, with which it successfully in key public sectors and to fight a guerrilla group that emerged in the country.
 
Known as "the masters of the country" for his influence in the courts and the way they govern, Febres Cordero held various public offices from those who fought for their political rivals and imposed their conservative thesis.
 
The fight against terrorism became the regime's policy, which led to abuses of human rights, according to several organizations.
 The government decreed three days of national mourning for the death of former president.
 
Beloved by their coreligionists, who called the President, and hated by his political opponents, the former president managed to reach the presidency of the country thanks to their offers of "bread, shelter and jobs," a slogan that it sparked among the poor country.
 
"President León Febres Cordero has left the earthly life to immortalize one of the leaders of the country's history," said his friend Alfonso Harb, journalists.
 
Gradually, he was separated from the politics of the country for his many ailments, to retire permanently from politics when President Rafael Correa assumed the presidency of the country in 2007.
 
Febres Cordero constantly traveling to the U.S. for their medical treatments.
 
Correa, a popular leftist leader, called it one of his main political opponents.