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Gabriel García Moreno
Gabriel García Moreno () was an Ecuadorian political leader whose dynamic leadership brought stability and improvement to his country. Though mostly governing as a dictator, he broke the power of the military and raised the influence of the Catholic Church.
On Dec.
24, , Gabriel García Moreno was born in Guayaquil. His father, Gabriel García Gómez, was a Spaniard; his mother, Mercedes Moreno, belonged to one of the most distinguished and oldest families of that city.
At 15 García Moreno was sent to Quito to complete his education.
At 17 he received minor orders in the Church; but he soon abandoned the idea of an ecclesiastical career and switched to law, in which he received his doctorate in In the meantime, his interest in politics arose. He was an admirer of Vicente Rocafuerte, whom he followed into opposition against Gen.
Juan José Flores.
In García Moreno married Rosa Ascázubi, several years his senior. This marriage gave him a secure political bas
