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 Flore
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