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Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito and its ...
There were two military dictatorships in the country (1963–1966 and 1972–1979) before democracy returned with the election of Jaime Roldós Aguilera. From 1996 to 2005, 3 constitutional presidents were overthrown ( Abdalá Bucaram, Jamil Mahuad and Lucio Gutiérrez ). The left-wing populist government of Rafael Correa (2007–2017) has been ...
Portal:Ecuador/Intro. Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
Ecuador has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games.They debuted in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The nation won its first medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk at the 1996 Olympic Games.
This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, [1] unless another source is cited.
Valbonesi was born Ángela Lavinia Valbonesi Acosta on 8 April 1998 in Chone, Ecuador, daughter of Furio Valbonesi (1953-2024) [7] [8] and Gloria Acosta an Ecuadorian mother (b. January 16, 1968), [9] [10] [1] is the daughter in-law of the former ecuadorian presidential candidate Álvaro Noboa and his wife Anabella Azín. [11]
The Centro Islámico del Ecuador, founded on October 15, 1994, was the first Muslim religious organization recognized by the government. However, it was not the first organization to open its doors in this city. A mosque under the name Khaled ibn al-Walid was founded in the year 1991; it conducted its religious rituals in a private apartment.
This article describes the diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and international relations of Ecuador. Ecuador is a founding member of the UN and a member of many of its specialized agencies; it is also a member of the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as many regional groups, including the Rio Group, the Latin American Economic System, the Latin American Energy Organization, the ...