Talk:Eloy Alfaro

importance
Alfaro is definitely the most important, symbolic (and popular until today in large sectors of the ecuadorian people) ecuadorian president along with Gabriel García Moreno. That's why I changed the importance from "low" to "top". --Sylvain2803 (talk) 09:21, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree that Alfaro is one of the most important figures in Ecuador's history and I often see his name on graffitied walls today. I have just expanded the introduction by translating additional information found on the corresponding Spanish page. I will translate and add Biography and other sections shortly. Two Degrees South 20:50, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Circumstances of Alfaro's departure
http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/a/alfaro_eloy.htm

''Trasladados a Quito, el 28 de enero de 1912 una turba asaltó la prisión y acabó con Eloy Alfaro, Flavio y Medardo Alfaro, Luciano Coral, Ulpiano Páez y Manuel Serrano. Sus cuerpos, arrastrados a modo de trofeos sangrientos por la ciudad, fueron quemados en El Ejido. Al parecer, una oscura alianza entre el placismo y los conservadores fue el origen de esta acción criminal.''

Sent to Quito, on 28th January 1912 a mob assaulted the prison and finished with Eloy Alfaro, Flavio and Medardo Alfaro, Luciano Coral, Ulpiano Paez and Manuel Serrano. Their bodies, displayed as bloody trophies through the city, were burned in El Ejido. Apparently, an obscure alliance between office seekers and the conservatives was the origin of this criminal action. IAC-62 (talk) 22:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Coup d'état?
One does not wage a coup, one wages war. One might commit a coup. Second, a coup d'état cannot possibly, by definition, last 30 years. The coup is the overthrow itself. 157.157.185.67 (talk) 18:26, 26 May 2010 (UTC)