Eloy Alfaro served as president twice, but after his second term he was put in prison and murdered by a lynch-mob the next year.  Alfaro represented a dramatic liberalization following the years when it was a Catholic theocracy under Garcia Morenos.  Its conservative first president, Juan Jose Flores, spent much of the mid-20th century attacking his liberal opponent Vicente Villafuerte.  Velasco Ibarra was elected president five times but never finished a term. Joining Gran Columbia shortly after it was liberated at the battle of Pichincha by Sucre, it broke away in 1830.  For 10 points - identify this South American nation with capital at Qu
Eloy Alfaro served as president twice, but after his second term he was put in prison and murdered by a lynch-mob the next year.  Alfaro represented a dramatic liberalization following the years when it was a Catholic theocracy under Garcia Morenos.  Its conservative first president, Juan Jose Flores, spent much of the mid-20th century attacking his liberal opponent Vicente Villafuerte.  Velasco Ibarra was elected president five times but never finished a term. Joining Gran Columbia shortly after it was liberated at the battle of Pichincha by Sucre, it broke away in 1830.  For 10 points - identify this South American nation with capital at Quito.
Eloy Alfaro served as president twice, but after his second term he was put in prison and murdered by a lynch-mob the next year.  
Republic of Ecuador