Thursday, August 10, 2006
¡Felíz Diez de Agosto!
Posted on 9:43 PM by jackline
Today, August 10th, is Ecuador's independence day.To be technical about this holiday, Ecuador did not officially gain its independence from Spain (or Gran Colombia, for that matter) on August 10th. On that date in 1809, a group of nobles in Quito, a colonial city that served as the seat of an administrative district (audiencia real) essentially encompassing what is now Ecuador, apparently became
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