The second factor, the internal weakness of the political system in Ecuador constantly stressed due to disputes between the local and the regional aristocracy, permanently trying to obtain larger benefits for their particular interests and not for a more modern state, furthermore including in their movements military forces, which is the third factor to mention.
El segundo factor, la debilidad interna del sistema político ecuatoriano, constantemente en tensión por las pugnas entre las elites locales y las regionales, que buscaban obtener mayores beneficios a sus intereses particulares que a un proyecto de Estado moderno, intentando además, incluir en sus movimientos a militares, que corresponde al tercer factor a considerar.