Pedro Moncayo y Esparza (29 June 1807 in Ibarra, Ecuador — February 1888 in

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, Chile) was an

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

ian journalist and politician. He was the son of an Ecuadorian mother and Colombian father. He was politically active during the period of Caudillismo of Ecuador, being an opponent of the caudillos, writing for the weekly newspaper '' El Quiteño Libre''. He later became diplomatically active and was ambassador to Peru, France and the United Kingdom. He lived the remainder of his life in Chile, dying in Valparaíso.

Pedro Moncayo Canton Pedro Moncayo is a canton in the north of the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The seat of the canton is the city of Tabacundo Tabacundo is the seat of Pedro Moncayo Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur'' ...

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is named after him.

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