The second chapter in Ecuador's struggle for…

1816 CE to 1827 CE

The second chapter in Ecuador's struggle for emancipation from Spanish colonial rule begins in Guayaquil, where independence is proclaimed in October 1820 by a local patriotic junta under the leadership of the poet Jose Joaquin Olmedo.

By this time, the forces of independence have grown continental in scope and are organized into two principal armies, one under the Venezuelan Simon Bolivar Palacios in the north and the other under the Argentine Jose de San Martin in the south.

Unlike the hapless Quito junta, the Guayaquil patriots are able to appeal to foreign allies, Argentina and Venezuela, each of whom soon respond by sending sizable contingents to Ecuador.

Antonio Jose de Sucre Alcala, the brilliant young lieutenant of Bolivar who arrives in Guayaquil in May 1821, is to become the key figure in the ensuing military struggle against the royalist forces.

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Guayaquil Guayas Ecuador View →

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Andrés de Santa Cruz View → Antonio José de Sucre View → José Joaquín de Olmedo View → José de San Martín View → Simón Bolívar View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View → Peru, Viceroyalty of View → Quito, Real Audiencia of View → Bogotá, Audiencia de Santa Fe de (Captaincy General of New Granada) View → Venezuela Province View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Argentina (Argentine Republic) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Napoleonic Wars View → Spanish American wars of independence View →

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