The Liberal Revolution of 1895 took place in
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: ' ...
, and was a period of
radical social and political upheaval. The Revolution started on June 5, 1895 and ultimately resulted in the overthrow of the conservative government, which had ruled Ecuador for several decades, by the
Radical Liberals, led by
Eloy Alfaro
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (25 June 1842 – 28 January 1912) often referred to as "The Old Warrior," was an Ecuadorian politician who served as the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. Eloy Alfaro emerged as the leader ...
. After the revolution, the new government legalized divorce, allowed religious freedom, and weakened the authority of the
Church
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* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
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, which lost the land it held.
The Revolution is often seen as marking the birth of modern Ecuador, with a new power structure that favored the Liberal Party, and new infrastructure projects such as the construction of a railway line between
Quito and
Guayaquil
, motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil
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.
[Roos and Van Renterghem pp. 13]
Citations
References
*Handelsman, Michael. ''Culture and Customs of Ecuador''. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000.
*Roos, Wilma and Van Renterghem, Omer. ''Ecuador: a guide to the people, politics and culture''. Northampton: Interlink Books, 2000. {{ISBN, 1-56656-385-2
External links
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Conflicts in 1895
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