Vicente Rocafuerte

president of Ecuador

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In Ecuador: Rivalry between Flores and Rocafuerte (1830–45)
…of independence—Juan José Flores and Vicente Rocafuerte—struggled for power; Flores found much of his support in Quito, Rocafuerte in Guayaquil. Hostility was not constant, and for a few years the rivals agreed to alternate in the presidency. They were not simply personalist dictators; Rocafuerte in particular had a coherent ideology…
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