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  2. Ecuadorian War of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The military unit raised and financed in the Free Province of Guayaquil was named Division Protectora de Quito ("Division for the Protection of Quito"). It was to advance on the cities of Guaranda and Ambato in the central highlands, hoping to bring them into the independence movement, and cut all road communication between Quito and Guayaquil and Cuenca, forestalling any Royalist countermove ...

  3. History of Ecuador (1830–1860) - Wikipedia

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    Ecuador in 1830 General Juan José Flores, the first President of Ecuador. Independence did not bring revolutionary liberation to the masses of Ecuadorian peasants. On the contrary, as bad as the peasants' situation had been, it probably worsened with the loss of the Spanish royal officials who had protected the indigenous population against the abuses of the local criollo elite.

  4. Dissolution of Gran Colombia - Wikipedia

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    Its manager was the Panamanian General José Domingo Espinar , a mulatto of popular origin who did not share the preferences of the Panamanian oligarchy and was a great supporter of Bolívar, whose secretary he had been. Due to the crisis caused by the resignation of the liberator and the dismemberment of Gran Colombia, Espinar, supported by ...

  5. History of Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    Ecuador was an original member of the block, founded by left-wing governments in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008. Ecuador also asked UNASUR to return the headquarters building of the organization, based in its capital city, Quito. [64] In June 2019, Ecuador agreed to allow US military planes to operate from an airport on the Galapagos ...

  6. Secession of Panama from Colombia - Wikipedia

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    After achieving independence from Spain on November 28, 1821, Panama became a part of the Republic of Gran Colombia which consisted of today's Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and most of Ecuador. The political struggle between federalists and centralists that followed independence from Spain resulted in a shifting administrative and jurisdictional ...

  7. Why Ecuador's president dissolved the National Assembly, and ...

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    In disbanding the assembly, the president, who denies any wrongdoing, made first use of the Ecuador presidency’s nuclear option under the constitution in conflicts with the legislative branch.

  8. Guayaquil Conference - Wikipedia

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    The conference is considered a turning point in the South American independence process. [1] Lima, a major royalist stronghold, had been captured by San Martín, who declared Peru's independence. Meanwhile, Bolívar had a successful campaign in Venezuela and New Granada, forming Gran Colombia. In Ecuador, a revolt in Guayaquil sparked ...

  9. Explainer-Why did Ecuador raid Mexico's Quito embassy? - AOL

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    WHY DID ECUADOR ENTER MEXICO'S EMBASSY? Heavily-armed and balaclava-clad police broke into Mexico's embassy late on Friday night to arrest Jorge Glas, Ecuador's former leftist vice president, who ...