The Liberation of the Andes

Two years after the liberator sailed out of guayaquil, and he was nowwel back a hero. The territories that had made up the old audiencia of quita were now being referred to as the columbian province of ecuador. But its inhabitants maintained a fierce streak of independence from both lima and bogota. And two years after being folded into columbia, they were supremely dissatisfied with saint hander's rule. So wherever belivar passed, he asserted for himself broad authority to make appointments, promote military officers, commute sentences. Meanwhile, vice president santander kept tabs on levar's approach with frustration and alarm.