(Diplomacy), in which he was appointed Vice President of the Student Association. In 1950 he was awarded the first Inter-University Declaration of Human Rights Prize. Together with other young rebels of the time, including Abraham Romero Cabrera, he founded the Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action movement (ARNE). In the city of Quito His time in Quito was spent in professional education and the cultivation of letters. Thus in frequenting the "Café Bohemia", a cafeteria located in the heart of the capital city, he had the opportunity to meet and make friends with renowned poets such as Benjamín Carrión and César Dávila Andrade (who was called "The Fakir"), among others. This contact with literary personalities of the time inspired his approach and his passion for literature. At the age of 23, two years before finishing his university career, he married the distinguished Riobamba lady, Aída Violeta Terán Moncayo. After this he obtained his doctorate in International Law; his thesis was acclaimed and rests in the archives of the Central University. While still in Quito he celebrated the arrival of his first son, Luis Eduardo, and on his return to his own beloved city, that of his daughters and second son: María del Pilar, Carlos Rodrigo, Lucía Elena, Nancy Susana and Lourdes Jacqueline. Political career In the political field, about the year 1959, he entered the ranks of the Radical Liberal Party, and was the Provincial Director for a period of eight consecutive years. Around 1960 he served as presidential campaign manager for Don Galo Plaza Lasso. He was elected councillor of the Riobamba Canton in 1962, and in 1963 was appointed councillor of Chimborazo Province. In the same year he also served as Chairman of that body, a position that years later would be occupied by his first son Luis Eduardo Terán. Later, around 1967, he served as presidential campaign manager for his close friend Dr Andrew F. Córdova, who was fondly called "Lluro Cordova". When the Liberal Party was dissolved, following the signing of the "Pacto Morderé", the Democratic Left party was born, at first as an independent movement. In the year 1970 the first convention of this movement was held in the city of Quito. Luis Alberto Costales became its first National President. By 1986 this party had become became the leading political power in Ecuador and raised Dr. Rodrigo Borja Cevallos to the Presidency of the Republic. In 1988