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Robert Charles Brewster (1921 - December 20, 2009 Washington, DC) was the American Ambassador to Ecuador from 1973 until 1976 and Inspector General of the Department of State from 1979 until 1981. During his tenure as ambassador, the US lifted the ban on military sales to Ecuador “in an effort to improve relations with Latin America.”

Biography

Ambassador Brewster attended Grinnell College before transferring to the University of Washington, Class of 1943. He enlisted in the Navy and went to Midshipman's School at Columbia before being assigned to the USS O'Brien (DD-415). When he returned from the Navy, he studied international affairs at Columbia University for two years.

Brewster died at the age of 88 at a retirement community in Washington having suffered from Parkinson's Disease and stomach cancer. He was a native of Beatrice, Nebraska.

References

1. "Para EE.UU., los medios eran tolerantes con la dictadura militar". El Telégrafo. May 13, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
2. "Robert Charles Brewster (1921–2010)". Office of the Historian. US Department of State. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
3. ^ Bernstein, Adam (January 13, 2010). "Robert Brewster, inspector general, ambassador; at 88". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
4. Kennedy, Charles Stuart (30 June 1989). "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT C. BREWSTER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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