José Manuel Francisco Javier Espinosa y Espinosa (2 December 1815,

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– 4 September 1870) was

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, from 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869. He was overthrown in a 1869 military coup carried out by

Gabriel García Moreno Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García Moreno y Morán de Butrón (24 December 1821 – 6 August 1875), was an Ecuadorian politician and aristocrat who twice served as President of Ecuador (1861–65 and 1869–75) and was assassinated ...

. Gabriel García Moreno sought to prevent Juan Javier Espinosa from holding free elections.

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JAVIER ESPINOSA ESPINOSA
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