Pelucones was the name used to refer to Chilean aristocratic

Aristocracy

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 conservatives in early 19th century. The name Pelucones was originally used by the Pipiolos

Pipiolos

thumb|180px|[[Ramón Freire]], hero of the [[Chilean War of Independence]] and head of state between 1823 and 1826 and again in 1827, was an icon of the Pipiolo movementPipiolos was the name used to refer to Chilean upper class liberals in early 19th century...

 or liberals in a despective maner by linking the conservatives to oldfashioned wig

Wig

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s that were popular in the previous centuries. Following the Chilean Civil War of 1829, where the Pipiolos were defeated, the Pelucones would enforce the Chilean Constitution of 1833

Chilean Constitution of 1833

thumb|right|200px|Painting of Diego Portales. The Constitution of 1833 has been seen as the embodiement of the "Portalian thought".The Constitution of 1833 was the constitution used in Chile from 1833 to 1925 when it was replaced by the Constitution of 1925...

 with led to creation of a strong unitarian and authoritarian presidentialist system held up by upper-class democracy.

In Ecuador

Ecuador

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 the President

President

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 Rafael Correa

Rafael Correa

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado born is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and was the president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007...

 popularized the term since he assumed the presidency in 2007.