'Ecuador for the Ecuadorians'

Since the liberation of ecuador, florez had been serving as garrison commander of posto. Belivar's order skipping over flores and giving full authority in ecuador to sucre only fuelled floris's seditious ambitions. But circumstances wouldn't let Sucrey get away just yet. In november of 18 28, colonel jose maria obando, the former spanish officer who defected to bolivar back in 18 22, now defected again. This time he offered his services to the peruvians who wanted to control ecuador as much as they wanted bolivia. Despite being outnumbered more than three to one, sucrey was the superior tactician