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467 relations: Abdalá Bucaram, Abel, Afro-Ecuadorians, Agnosticism, ALBA, Alberto Spencer, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfredo Palacio, Alfredo Poveda, Amazon basin, Amazon rainforest, Amazonic Spanish, Ambato, Ecuador, Amnesty International, Aníbal Villacís, Ancón, Ecuador, Andean Community, Andean Spanish, Anglo American plc, Antarctic Treaty System, Antisana, Antonio Flores Jijón, Antonio José de Sucre, Anusim, Araceli Gilbert, Arboriculture, Argentina, Armed Forces of Ecuador, Asian people, Atacames, Atheism, Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Atlanta, Austerity, Awa Pit language, Axis powers, Azuay Province, ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!, Baños de Agua Santa, Bactris gasipaes, Baháʼí Faith, Bahía de Caráquez, Banana, Barcelona S.C., Battle of Cajamarca, Battle of Pichincha, Battle of Tarqui, BBC News, Benjamín Carrión, BMC Genomics, ... Expand index (417 more) »
- Andean Community
- Countries in South America
- Former OPEC member states
- Member states of the Union of South American Nations
- Spanish-speaking countries and territories
- States and territories established in 1830
Abdalá Bucaram
Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz (born 20 February 1952) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1996 to 6 February 1997.
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Abel
Abel is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions.
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Afro-Ecuadorians
Afro-Ecuadorians or Afroecuatorianos (Spanish), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent.
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Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.
ALBA
ALBA or ALBA–TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América) or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos), is an intergovernmental organization based on the idea of political and economic integration of Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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Alberto Spencer
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera (6 December 1937 – 3 November 2006) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian men's footballers of all time.
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Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
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Alfredo Palacio
Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born 22 January 1939) is an Ecuadorian cardiologist and former politician who was President of Ecuador from 20 April 2005 to 15 January 2007.
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Alfredo Poveda
Alfredo Ernesto Poveda Burbano (January 24, 1926 – June 7, 1990) was an Interim President of Ecuador January 11, 1976, to August 10, 1979.
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Amazon basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.
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Amazonic Spanish
Amazonic Spanish (español amazónico), also known as Charapa Spanish, Loreto-Ucayali Spanish or informally known in Peru simply as Jungle Spanish (español de la selva), is a variety of Spanish spoken in the Amazon, especially in the Peruvian provinces of Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali.
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Ambato, Ecuador
Ambato (full form, San Juan de Ambato; Quechua: Ampatu Llaqta) is a city located in the central Andean valley of Ecuador.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
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Aníbal Villacís
Aníbal Villacís (11 November 1927 Ambato, Ecuador – 7 March 2012) was a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials.
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Ancón, Ecuador
Ancón is a rural parish of Santa Elena canton in the province of Guayas, Ecuador.
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Andean Community
The Andean Community (Comunidad Andina, CAN) is a free trade area with the objective of creating a customs union comprising the South American countries (Andean states) of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Andean Spanish
Andean Spanish is a dialect of Spanish spoken in the central Andes, from southern Colombia, with influence as far south as northern Chile and Northwestern Argentina, passing through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
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Anglo American plc
Anglo American plc is a British multinational mining company with headquarters in London, England.
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Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.
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Antisana
Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes, in Ecuador.
Antonio Flores Jijón
Juan Antonio María Flores y Jijón de Vivanco (23 October 1833 – 30 August 1915) as 13th President of Ecuador 17 August 1888 to 30 June 1892.
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Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" ("Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), was a Venezuelan general and politician who served as the president of Bolivia from 1825 to 1828.
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Anusim
Anusim (אֲנוּסִים,; singular male, anús, אָנוּס; singular female, anusáh,, meaning "coerced") is a legal category of Jews in halakha (Jewish law) who were forced to abandon Judaism against their will, typically while forcibly converted to another religion.
Araceli Gilbert
Araceli Gilbert de Blomberg (1913 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 1993 in Quito), was an Ecuadorian artist.
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Arboriculture
Arboriculture is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Ecuador and Argentina are countries in South America, former Spanish colonies, member states of the United Nations, republics and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Armed Forces of Ecuador
The Ecuadorian Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador) is the national military force of Ecuador.
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Asian people
Asian people (or Asians, sometimes referred to as Asiatic peopleUnited States National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings. 2004. November 17, 2006.: Asian Continental Ancestry Group is also used for categorical purposes.) are the people of the continent of Asia.
Atacames
Atacames is a beach town located on Ecuador's Northern Pacific coast.
Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Austerity
In economic policy, austerity is a set of political-economic policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both.
Awa Pit language
Located in the region of Colombia and Ecuador, the Awa or Awa Pit speaking people is an indigenous group settled between the Andes Mountains and the Western Coast.
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Axis powers
The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies.
Azuay Province
Azuay, Province of Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824.
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¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!
¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC) (Alfaro Lives, Dammit!), another name for the Fuerzas Armadas Populares Eloy Alfaro (Eloy Alfaro Popular Armed Forces), was a clandestine left-wing group in Ecuador, founded in 1982 and named after popular government leader and general Eloy Alfaro.
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Baños de Agua Santa
Baños de Agua Santa, commonly referred to as Baños, is a city in eastern Tungurahua Province of Ecuador.
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Bactris gasipaes
Bactris gasipaes is a species of palm native to the tropical forests of Central and South America.
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Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.
Bahía de Caráquez
Bahía de Caráquez, officially known as San Antonio de Caraquez and founded under the name of Villa de San Antonio de la Bahía de Caráquez or simply known today as Bahía, formerly called Bahía de los Caras during the period of the Spanish conquest, is a coastal city belonging to the Sucre county, in the Ecuadorian province of Manabí.
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Banana
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.
Barcelona S.C.
Barcelona Sporting Club, internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team.
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Battle of Cajamarca
The Battle of Cajamarca also spelled Cajamalca (though many contemporary scholars prefer to call it Massacre of Cajamarca) was the ambush and seizure of the Inca ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532.
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Battle of Pichincha
The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador.
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Battle of Tarqui
The Battle of Tarqui, also known as the Battle of Portete de Tarqui, took place on 27 February 1829 at Tarqui, near Cuenca, today part of Ecuador.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Benjamín Carrión
Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora (April 20, 1897 in Loja – March 9, 1979 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, diplomat and cultural promoter.
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BMC Genomics
BMC Genomics is an open-access scientific journal covering all areas of genomics and proteomics.
Bolívar Province (Ecuador)
Bolívar is a province in Ecuador.
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Bomba (Ecuador)
Bomba or Bomba del Chota is an Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance form from the Chota Valley area of Ecuador in the province of Imbabura and Carchi.
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Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
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Brasilia Presidential Act
The Brasilia Presidential Act (Acta Presidencial de Brasilia, Ato Presidencial de Brasília), also known as the Fujimori–Mahuad Treaty (Tratado Fujimori–Mahuad), is an international treaty signed in Brasilia by the then President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuad and then President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, which effectively put an end to the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute.
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British people
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca
Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city located in the Pacific Region of the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia (South America).
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Bureau of International Labor Affairs
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) is an operating unit of the United States Department of Labor which manages the department's international responsibilities.
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C.D. Cuenca
Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca.
C.D. El Nacional
Club Deportivo El Nacional (until 2018 Club Especializado de Alto Rendimiento El Nacional) is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Quito, known best for their professional football team.
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C.D. Olmedo
Club Centro Deportivo Olmedo is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Riobamba, Ecuador.
C.S. Emelec
Club Sport Emelec is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team.
Cañar Province
Cañar is a province in Ecuador.
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Cañari
The Cañari (in Kichwa: Kañari) are an indigenous ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the territory of the modern provinces of Azuay and Cañar in Ecuador.
CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, formerly the Andean Development Corporation (or Corporación Andino de Fomento), is a development bank whose mission is to promote sustainable development and regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, through the financing of projects of the public and private sectors, the provision of technical cooperation and other specialized services. Ecuador and CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean are Andean Community.
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Cain
Cain is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions.
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Cajamarca
Cajamarca, also known by the Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes.
Camilo Egas
Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.
Canton (administrative division)
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country.
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Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Carchi Province
Carchi is a province in Ecuador.
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Cassava
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic Church in Ecuador
The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises.
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Cauca Department
Cauca Department (Departamento del Cauca) is a department of Southwestern Colombia.
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Cayambe (volcano)
Cayambe or Volcán Cayambe is a volcano in Ecuador, in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes.
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Cenepa War
The Cenepa War or Third Ecuadorian-Peruvian War (26 January – 28 February 1995), also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of an area in Peruvian territory (i.e. in the eastern side of the Cordillera del Cóndor, Province of Condorcanqui, Región Amazonas, Republic of Perú) near the border between the two countries.
Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an American think tank that specializes in economic policy.
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Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Ceviche
Ceviche, cebiche, sebiche, or seviche is a dish consisting of fish or shellfish marinated in citrus and seasonings, recognized by UNESCO as an expression of Peruvian traditional cuisine and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, although different versions of ceviche are part of the culinary culture of various Spanish-American countries along the Pacific Ocean where each one is native: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Chachi people
Chachi people (also Cayapas) are an ethnic group who live in the rainforest area of northwestern Esmeraldas on the northern coast of Ecuador.
Chaʼpalaa language
Chaʼpalaa (also known as Chachi or Cayapa) is a Barbacoan language spoken in northern Ecuador by ca.
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Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation predominantly specializing in oil and gas.
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Chifle
Chifles, fried plantain chips, are a side dish, snack food, or finger food of Ecuador, Thailand and Peru.
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. Ecuador and Chile are countries in South America, former Spanish colonies, member states of the United Nations, republics and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Chimborazo
Chimborazo is an inactive stratovolcano situated in Ecuador in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes.
Chimborazo Province
Chimborazo is a province in the central Ecuadorian Andes.
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Chinese people
The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.
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Chiquita
Chiquita Brands International S.à.r.l., formerly known as United Fruit Co., is a Swiss-domiciled American producer and distributor of bananas and other produce.
Chone River
The Chone River is a river of Ecuador situated in the Manabí Province.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Churrasco
Churrasco is the Portuguese and Spanish name for grilled beef prominent in South American and Iberian cuisines, and in particular in Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
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Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State.
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Coast
A coastalso called the coastline, shoreline, or seashoreis the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.
Coat of arms of Ecuador
The coat of arms of Ecuador (Spanish: Escudo de armas del Ecuador) in its current form was established in 1900 based on an older version of 1845.
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Cocoa bean
The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa or cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted.
Cofán language
Aingae, commonly known as Cofán or Kofán, is the primary language of the Ahamzai (Cofán) people, an indigenous group whose ancestral territory lies at the interface between the Andean foothills and Amazonia in the northeast of Ecuador (Sucumbíos province) and southern Colombia (Putumayo & Nariño provinces).
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. Ecuador and Colombia are Andean Community, countries in South America, former Spanish colonies, member states of the United Nations, republics and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Colombians
Colombians (Colombianos) are people identified with the country of Colombia.
Congress of Angostura
The Congress of Angostura was convened by Simón Bolívar and took place in Angostura (today Ciudad Bolívar) during the wars of independence of Colombia and Venezuela, culminating in the proclamation of the Republic of Colombia (historiographically called Gran Colombia).
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Cooking banana
Cooking bananas are a group of starchy banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking.
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Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores de América (Copa/Taça Libertadores da América, officially known as the CONMEBOL Libertadores) is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960.
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Corporate tax
A corporate tax, also called corporation tax or company tax, is a type of direct tax levied on the income or capital of corporations and other similar legal entities.
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located near Latacunga city of Cotopaxi Province, about south of Quito, and northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador.
Cotopaxi Province
Cotopaxi is one of the provinces of Ecuador.
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Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control
CPCCS logo The Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social) was created in 2008 in Ecuador.
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Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
Creating Opportunities
Creating Opportunities (Creando Oportunidades, CREO; the acronym means, and also means) is a centre-right political party in Ecuador.
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Criollo people
In Hispanic America, criollo is a term used originally to describe people of full Spanish descent born in the viceroyalties.
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Crisis in Venezuela
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of successor Nicolás Maduro.
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Crypto-Judaism
Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek kryptos – κρυπτός, 'hidden').
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Cuenca, Ecuador
Cuenca, officially Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, is an Ecuadorian city, head of the canton of the same name and capital of the province of Azuay, as well as its largest and most populated city.
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Cyphostemma juttae
Cyphostemma juttae is a slow-growing succulent species of Cyphostemma from southern Africa, well known as an ornamental plant.
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Daniel Noboa
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín (born 30 November 1987) is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman currently serving as the 48th president of Ecuador since 23 November 2023.
Daule Canton
Daule, is a canton located in the Guayas province in Ecuador.
De jure
In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.
Demographics of Ecuador
Demographic features of the population of Ecuador include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
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Department of Tumbes
Tumbes is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru bordering Ecuador.
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Developing country
A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.
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Diego Noboa
Diego de Noboa y Arteta (15 April 1789, in Guayaquil – 3 November 1870) was President of Ecuador from 8 December 1850 to 26 February 1851 (interim) and 26 February 1851 to 17 July 1851.
Dole plc
Dole plc (previously named Dole Food Company and Standard Fruit Company) is an Irish-American agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Economic liberalism
Economic liberalism is a political and economic ideology that supports a market economy based on individualism and private property in the means of production.
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Economy of Ecuador
The economy of Ecuador is the eighth largest in Latin America and the 69th largest in the world by total GDP.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
Ecuador Department
Ecuador Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia created in 1824.
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Ecuador national football team
The Ecuador national football team (Selección de fútbol de Ecuador), nicknamed La Tricolor, represents Ecuador in men's international football and is controlled by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).
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Ecuadorian Air Force
The Ecuadorian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana, FAE) is the air branch of the Armed Forces of Ecuador.
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Ecuadorian Army
The Ecuadorian Army (italic) is the land component of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces.
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Ecuadorian centavo coins
Ecuadorian centavo coins were introduced in 2000 when Ecuador converted its currency from the sucre to the U.S. dollar.
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Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly was a 2007–2008 constitutional assembly in Ecuador, which drafted the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, approved via the Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008.
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Ecuadorian cuisine
Ecuadorian cuisine is diverse, varying with altitude and associated agricultural conditions.
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Ecuadorian Navy
The Ecuadorian Navy (Armada del Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian entity responsible for the surveillance and protection of national maritime territory and has a personnel of 9,400 men to protect a coastline of 2,237 km which reaches far into the Pacific Ocean.
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Ecuadorian Spanish
Spanish is the most-widely spoken language in Ecuador, though great variations are present depending on several factors, the most important one being the geographical region where it is spoken.
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Ecuadorian sucre
The Sucre was the currency of Ecuador between 1884 and 2000.
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Ecuadorian War of Independence
The Ecuadorian War of Independence, part of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early 19th century, was fought from 1809 to 1822 between Spain and several South American armies over control of the Real Audiencia of Quito, a Spanish colonial jurisdiction which later became the modern Republic of Ecuador.
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Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
The Second Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, known locally as the War of '41 (Guerra del 41), was a South American border war fought between 5–31 July 1941.
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Ecuadorians
Ecuadorians (ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador.
Eduardo Kingman
Eduardo Kingman Riofrío (February 23, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an Ecuadorian artist.
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El Cajas National Park
El Cajas National Park or Cajas National Park (Parque Nacional El Cajas) is a national park in the highlands of Ecuador.
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El Oro Province
El Oro (oro.
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Elections in Ecuador
Ecuador elects on the national level a president and a legislature.
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Ellipsoid
An ellipsoid is a surface that can be obtained from a sphere by deforming it by means of directional scalings, or more generally, of an affine transformation.
Eloy Alfaro
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado (25 June 1842 – 28 January 1912) often referred to as "The Old Warrior," was an Ecuadorian politician who served as the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911.
Emanuel Xavier
Emanuel Xavier (born May 3, 1970), is an American poet, spoken word artist, author, editor, and LGBTQ activist born and raised in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn.
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Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act (ch. 8, of May 19, 1921), was formulated mainly in response to the large influx of Southern and Eastern Europeans and restricted their immigration to the United States.
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Encomienda
The encomienda was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples.
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Enrique Tábara
Luis Enrique Tábara (21 February 1930 – 25 January 2021) was a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher representing a whole Hispanic pictorial and artistic culture.
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Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Equatorial Spanish
Spanish dialects in Colombia (the sub-dialects of the Equatorial Spanish are represented in two colors). Equatorial Spanish, also called Coastal Colombian-Ecuadorian dialect or Chocoano, is a dialect of Spanish spoken mainly in the coastal region of Ecuador, as well as in the bordering coastal areas of northern Peru and western Colombia.
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Esmeraldas Province
Esmeraldas is a province in northwestern Ecuador.
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Esmeraldas River
The Esmeraldas River is a river in northwestern Ecuador that flows into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Esmeraldas.
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Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador.
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Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo
The Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha is a football stadium in the parish (municipality) of Tarqui in northern Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Estuardo Maldonado
Estuardo Maldonado (born 1928) is an Ecuadorian sculptor and painter inspired by the Constructivist movement.
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Ethnic groups in Europe
Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe.
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Eugenio Espejo
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of criollo origin in colonial Ecuador.
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Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity.
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Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Executive (government)
The executive, also referred to as the juditian or executive power, is that part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power.
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Félix Aráuz
Félix Aráuz (2 May 1935 – 28 February 2024) was an Ecuadorian painter.
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
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First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the presidents of Ecuador.
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First Treaty of San Ildefonso
The First Treaty of San Ildefonso was signed on 1 October 1777 between Spain and Portugal.
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Folk Catholicism
Folk Catholicism can be broadly described as various ethnic expressions and practices of Catholicism intermingled with aspects of folk religion.
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Force majeure
In contract law, force majeure is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, epidemic, or sudden legal change prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract.
Forest Landscape Integrity Index
The Forest Landscape Integrity Index (FLII) is an annual global index of forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification.
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Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America
The Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (Spanish: Foro para el Progreso e integración de América del Sur, PROSUR; Portuguese: Fórum para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento da América do Sul, PROSUL, Dutch: Forum voor de vooruitgang en integratie van Zuid-Amerika, FVIZA) is an initiative by Sebastián Piñera and Iván Duque, for the creation of an integration body to replace the Union of South American Nations.
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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro, Marquess of the Atabillos (– 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
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Free trade
Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports.
Freedom House
Freedom House is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is best known for political advocacy surrounding issues of democracy, political freedom, and human rights.
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
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Freedom of the press
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.
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French people
The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.
Gabriel García Moreno
Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García Moreno y Morán de Butrón (24 December 1821 – 6 August 1875), was an Ecuadorian politician and aristocrat who twice served as President of Ecuador (1861–65 and 1869–75) and was assassinated during his second term after being elected to a third.
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Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.
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Galápagos Province
Galápagos is a province of Ecuador in the country's Insular region, located approximately off the western coast of the mainland.
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Galápagos Time
Galápagos Time (GALT) is the time observed since 1986 in the province of Galápagos, which is coterminous with the Región Insular (Insular Region) of western Ecuador.
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Germans
Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.
Gini coefficient
In economics, the Gini coefficient, also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio, is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent the income inequality, the wealth inequality, or the consumption inequality within a nation or a social group.
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Global Innovation Index
The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Government debt
A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector.
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Government spending
Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments.
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Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia ("Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.
Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..
Guayaquil
Guayaquil (Wayakil), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port.
Guayas Province
Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador.
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Guayas River
The Guayas River also called Rio Guayas is a major river in western Ecuador.
Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.
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Guillermo Lasso
Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023.
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Guillermo Rodríguez (politician)
Guillermo Antonio Rodríguez Lara (born 4 November 1923), known as "Bombita", is an Ecuadorian former political and military leader who was dictator of Ecuador from 15 February 1972 to 11 January 1976.
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Guinea pig
The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the genus Cavia in the family Caviidae.
History of the Jews in Ecuador
The history of the Jews in Ecuador dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when Sephardic Jews began arriving from Spain and Portugal as a result of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Huayna Capac
Huayna Capac (before 14931527) was the third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.
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Ibarra, Ecuador
Ibarra (full name San Miguel de Ibarra; Quechua: Impapura) is a city in northern Ecuador and the capital of the Imbabura Province.
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Illiniza
The Illinizas are a pair of volcanic mountains that are located in the north of Latacunga, Cotopaxi, Ecuador.
Imbabura Province
Imbabura is a province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador.
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Immunity (medicine)
In biology, immunity is the state of being insusceptible or resistant to a noxious agent or process, especially a pathogen or infectious disease.
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Inca Civil War
The Inca Civil War, also known as the Inca Dynastic War, the Inca War of Succession, or, sometimes, the War of the Two Brothers, was fought between half-brothers Huáscar and Atahualpa, sons of Huayna Capac, over succession to the throne of the Inca Empire.
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Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
Index of Ecuador-related articles
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Ecuador.
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Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, or Native Ecuadorians, are the groups of people who were present in what became Ecuador before the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Ingapirca
Ingapirca (Kichwa: Inka Pirka, "Inca wall") is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby.
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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International court
International courts are formed by treaties between nations, or by an international organization such as the United Nations – and include ad hoc tribunals and permanent institutions but exclude any courts arising purely under national authority.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations related organization working in the field of migration.
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Inti Raymi
The Inti Raymi (Quechua for "Inti festival") is a traditional religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti (Quechua for "sun"), the most venerated deity in Inca religion.
Iquitos
Iquitos is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region.
Irish people
Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.
Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Irreligion in Latin America
Irreligion in Latin America refers to various types of irreligion, including atheism, agnosticism, deism, secular humanism, secularism and non-religious.
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Islam in Ecuador
Ecuador is a predominantly Christian country, with adherents of Islam representing a very small minority.
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Italians
Italians (italiani) are an ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Ecuador and Italy are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Jaén, Peru
Jaén, founded as San Leandro de Jaén and then known as Jerez de la Frontera (later Nueva Jerez de la Frontera) and finally as Jaén de Bracamoros since April 1549, is a city which is the capital of the Jaén Province in the Cajamarca Region in Peru, located in the high jungle of northern Peru.
Jacinto Collahuazo
Jacinto Collahuazo (born circa 1670; lived past the age of 80, but exact date of death is unknown) was a cacique of Otavalo, Ecuador.
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Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera (5 November 1940 – 24 May 1981) was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 33rd President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 until his death on 24 May 1981.
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Japanese people
are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago.
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Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.
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Jewish Virtual Library
The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL, formerly known as JSOURCE) is an online encyclopedia published by the American foreign policy analyst Mitchell Bard's non-profit organization American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE).
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
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Jorge Carrera Andrade
Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century.
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Jorge Enrique Adoum
Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 in Ambato – July 3, 2009 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. His work received such prestigious awards as the first Casa de las Américas Prize in Cuba, the most important honor in Latin American letters.
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Jorge Icaza Coronel
Jorge Icaza Coronel (July 10, 1906 – May 26, 1978), commonly referred to as Jorge Icaza, was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel Huasipungo, which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's indigenous people by Ecuadorian whites.
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José Adolfo Macías Villamar
José Adolfo Macías Villamar (born 30 September 1979), also known by the alias Fito, is an Ecuadorian drug lord and the current leader of Los Choneros cartel.
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José de la Mar
José Domingo de la Merced de La Mar y Cortázar (Cuenca (Ecuador),12 May 1776 – San José (Costa Rica), 11 October 1830) was a Peruvian military leader and politician who served as the third President of Peru.
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José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru.
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José Joaquín de Olmedo
José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri (20 March 1780 – 19 February 1847) was President of Ecuador from 6 March 1845 to 8 December 1845.
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José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo) is an international airport serving Guayaquil, the capital of the Guayas Province and the most populous city in Ecuador.
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José María Urvina
José María Mariano Segundo de Urvina y Viteri (19 March 1808 – 4 September 1891) was President of Ecuador from 13 July 1851 to 16 October 1856.
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José María Velasco Ibarra
José María Velasco Ibarra (19 March 1893 – 30 March 1979) was an Ecuadorian politician.
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Juan Bautista Aguirre
Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (Daule, Ecuador, April 11, 1725 - Tivoli, Italy, June 15, 1786) was a notable poet and writer from colonial South America.
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Juan de Velasco
Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche (1727–1792) was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito.
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Juan José Flores
Juan José Flores y Aramburu (19 July 1800 – 1 October 1864) was a Venezuelan-born military general who became the first (in 1830), third (in 1839) and fourth (in 1843) President of the new Republic of Ecuador.
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Juan León Mera
Juan León Mera Martínez (28 June 1832 – 13 December 1894) was an Ecuadorian essayist, novelist, politician and painter.
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Juan Montalvo
Juan María Montalvo Fiallos (13 April 1832 - 17 January 1889) was an Ecuadorian essayist and novelist.
Judicial independence
Judicial independence is the concept that the judiciary should be independent from the other branches of government.
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Judith Gutiérrez
Judith Gutiérrez Moscoso (22 December 1927 – 1 March 2003) was an Ecuadorian painter who lived and worked in Ecuador and Mexico.
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Kichwa language
Kichwa (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi, also Spanish Quichua) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (Inga), as well as extensions into Peru.
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L.D.U. Quito
Liga Deportiva Universitaria, often referred to as LDU Quito, is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito.
La Década Perdida
"La Década Perdida" ("The Lost Decade") of Latin America is a Spanish term used to describe the economic crisis suffered in Latin America during the 1980s, which continued for some countries into the 1990s.
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Last Glacial Period
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.
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Latacunga
Latacunga (Quechua: Latakunga) is a plateau city of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, south of Quito, near the confluence of the Alaquez and Cutuchi rivers to form the Patate, the headstream of the Pastaza.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Latin American Economic System
The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System, officially known as Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe (SELA), is an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic cooperation and social development between Latin American and the Caribbean countries.
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Latin American Integration Association
The Latin American Integration Association / Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración / Associação Latino-Americana de Integração (LAIA / ALADI) is an international and regional scope organization.
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Latin Americans
Latin Americans (Latinoamericanos; Latino-americanos) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America).
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Leadership
Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
León Febres Cordero
León Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra (9 March 1931 – 15 December 2008), known in the Ecuadorian media as LFC or more simply by his first, composed surname (Febres-Cordero), was the 35th President of Ecuador, serving a four-year term from 10 August 1984 to 10 August 1988.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Ecuador and Lebanon are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Lenín Moreno
Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (born 19 March 1953) is a Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador, from 2017 to 2021.
Liberal Revolution of 1895
The Liberal Revolution of 1895 took place in Ecuador, and was a period of radical social and political upheaval.
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Liguria
Liguria (Ligûria) is a region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.
List of Christian denominations
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.
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List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.
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List of Ecuadorian painters
Notable Ecuadorian painters include.
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List of national parks in Ecuador
This is a list of national parks in Ecuador.
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List of political parties in Ecuador
This article lists political parties in Ecuador.
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List of transcontinental countries
This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states.
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Loja Province
Loja Province is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe.
Loja, Ecuador
Loja, formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja), is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province.
Los Choneros
Los Choneros is an organized crime syndicate and drug cartel based in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a notable presence along much of the country's coastline.
Los Ríos Province
Los Ríos is a province in Ecuador.
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Lucio Gutiérrez
Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa (born 23 March 1957) served as 43rd President of Ecuador from 15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005.
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Luis Alberto Costales
Luis Alberto Costales Cazar (Riobamba, December 24, 1926 – Riobamba, February 1, 2006) was an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher, teacher, speaker, historian, farmer and politician.
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Luis Molinari
Luis Molinari (1929 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 1994 in Quito, Ecuador) (Luis Molinari-Flores) was a member of the VAN Group (Vanguardia Artística Nacional), a collective of informal constructivist artists founded by Enrique Tábara and Aníbal Villacís.
Luisa González
Luisa Magdalena González Alcivar (born 22 November 1977) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2023 general election.
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Machalilla culture
The Machalilla were a prehistoric people in Ecuador, in southern Manabí and the Santa Elena Peninsula.
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Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Mama Negra
The Mama Negra is a traditional festival held twice a year in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.
Manabí Province
Manabí is a province in the Republic of Ecuador.
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Mango
A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica.
Manta, Ecuador
Manta, also known as San Pablo de Manta, is a city in Ecuador, cantonal head of the Manta Canton, as well as the largest and most populated city in the Manabí Province.
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Manuel de Ascásubi
Manuel de Ascázubi y Matheu (30 December 1804 – 25 December 1876) served as Vice President of Ecuador from 1847 to 1849 and in that capacity he was also interim President from 16 October 1849 to 10 June 1850.
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Manuel Rendon
Manuel Rendon (born in San Cristobal, Venezuela, 1987) is an inventor and engineer who created a U.S. patented formulation for the dynamic disintegration of plastics, the upcycling process for unsorted waste stream and a bio-based copolymer with programmable water solubility.
Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Mariscal Sucre International Airport is an international airport serving Quito, Ecuador.
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Mark Weisbrot
Mark Alan Weisbrot is an American economist and columnist.
Medical missions
Medical missions is the term used for Christian missionary endeavors that involve the administration of medical treatment.
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Megadiverse countries
A megadiverse country is one of a group of nations that harbours the majority of Earth's species and high numbers of endemic species.
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Mercosur
The Southern Common Market, commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994.
Mestizo
Mestizo (fem. mestiza, literally 'mixed person') is a person of mixed European and Indigenous non-European ancestry in the former Spanish Empire.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
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Milagro, Ecuador
San Francisco de Milagro (also known as Milagro, which is Spanish for Miracle) is a city located in Guayas, Ecuador.
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Military dictatorship
A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers.
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Montañita
Montañita is a small coastal town in Ecuador located in the parish of Manglaralto, province of Santa Elena, about 180 kilometers northwest of Guayaquil.
Montubio
Montubio is the term used to describe the mestizo people of the countryside of coastal Ecuador.
Morona-Santiago Province
Morona Santiago is a province in Ecuador.
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Mote (food)
Mote (from Quechua: mut'i, through Spanish mote) is the generic name for several varieties of boiled grains, consumed in many regions of South America.
Mulatto
Mulatto is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry.
Napo Province
Napo is a province in Ecuador.
National Assembly (Ecuador)
The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador.
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National Electoral Council (Ecuador)
The National Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral, CNE) is the government agency responsible for organising elections in Ecuador.
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National Police of Ecuador
The National Police of Ecuador (Policía Nacional del Ecuador) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Ecuador. It is commanded by the Commanding General (Comandante General) and subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior.
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Nationalism
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.
Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician who has served as the 53rd President of Venezuela since 2013.
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Ninan Cuyochi
Ninan Cuyochi (1490–1527) was the oldest son of Sapa Inca Huayna Capac and was first in line to inherit the Inca Empire.
Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
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Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Nueva Loja
Nueva Loja, also known as Lago Agrio, is the capital of the province of Sucumbíos in Ecuador.
Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Odious debt
In international law, odious debt, also known as illegitimate debt, is a legal theory that says that the national debt incurred by a despotic regime should not be enforceable.
Ombudsman
An ombudsman (also), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate is a government employee who investigates and tries to resolve complaints, usually through recommendations (binding or not) or mediation.
OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit.
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Orellana Province
Orellana is an inland province of Ecuador.
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Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Organización de los Estados Americanos; Organização dos Estados Americanos; Organisation des États américains) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
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Oswaldo Guayasamín
Oswaldo Guayasamín Calero (July 6, 1919 – March 10, 1999) was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor of Kichwa and Mestizo heritage.
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Otavalo (city)
Otavalo, capital of Otavalo Canton, has a population largely made up of the Otavalo indigenous group.
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Outline of Ecuador
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ecuador: Ecuador – representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country
The Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País) is a left-wing indigenist party in Ecuador.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
Palacio de Carondelet
Carondelet Palace (Palacio de Carondelet) is the seat of government of the Republic of Ecuador, located in Quito.
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Paleo-Indians
Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period.
Pan de yuca
Pan de yuca (Spanish for Cassava bread) is a type of bread made of cassava starch and cheese typical of western Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. Ecuador and Panama are member states of the United Nations, republics and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Paquisha War
The Paquisha War, Fake Paquisha War or Paquisha incident was a military clash that took place between January and February 1981 between Ecuador and Peru over the control of three watchposts.
Pardo
In the former Portuguese and Spanish colonies in the Americas, pardos (feminine pardas) are triracial descendants of Southern Europeans, Indigenous Americans and West Africans.
Pasillo
Pasillo (little step, hallway or aisle) is a Colombian genre of music popular in the territories that composed the 19th century Viceroyalty of New Granada: Born in the Colombian Andes during the independence wars, it spread to other areas; especially Ecuador (where it is considered the national musical style) and, to a lesser extent, the mountainous regions of Venezuela and Panama.
Passiflora edulis
Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to the region of southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina.
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Pastaza Province
Pastaza is a province in the Oriente of Ecuador located in the eastern jungle.
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Pasto, Colombia
Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto ("Saint John of Pasto"), is the capital of the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia.
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Pão de queijo
Pão de queijo ("cheese bread" in Portuguese) or Brazilian cheese balls is a small, baked cheese roll or cheese ball, a popular snack and breakfast food in Brazil.
Pedro José de Arteta
Pedro José de Arteta y Calisto (1797 in Quito – 24 August 1873) was Vice President of Ecuador from 1865 to 1869 and served briefly as President from 6 November 1867 to 20 January 1868.
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Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Ecuador and Peru are Andean Community, countries in South America, former Spanish colonies, member states of the United Nations, republics and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
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Petroecuador
EP Petroecuador (Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador; Empresa Pública Petroecuador; meaning: State Petroleum Company of Ecuador) is the national oil company of Ecuador.
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Petroleum in the United States
Petroleum has been a major industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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Pichincha Province
Pichincha is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito.
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Playas, Ecuador
Playas (officially known as General Villamil Playas) is a coastal city located in the province of Guayas, Ecuador.
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Podocarpus National Park
Podocarpus National Park (Parque Nacional Podocarpus) is a national park located in the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Loja, in the south-east of Ecuador.
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Popayán
Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca.
Portoviejo
Portoviejo, also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo, is a city in Ecuador, and the capital of the Province of Manabí from the Pacific coast.
Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas or the Portuguese Colonial Empire, was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal.
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Portuguese people
The Portuguese people (– masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country in the west of the Iberian Peninsula in the south-west of Europe, who share a common culture, ancestry and language.
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Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.
President of Ecuador
The president of Ecuador (Presidente del Ecuador), officially called the constitutional president of the Republic of Ecuador (Presidente Constitucional de la República del Ecuador), serves as the head of state and head of government of Ecuador.
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Presidential system
A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Provinces of Ecuador
Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (provincias, singularprovincia).
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Public holidays in Ecuador
The national public holidays in Ecuador include: The anniversary of the annexation of the Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin's birthday are also celebrated on February 12 as Galapagos Day (dia de la Provincia or dia de la Provincia de Galápagos).
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Quechua people
Quechua people or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru.
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Quechuan languages
Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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Quinoa
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa;, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a flowering plant in the amaranth family.
Quipu
Quipu (also spelled khipu) are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the region of Andean South America.
Quito
Quito (Kitu), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area.
Quito Revolution (1809–1812)
The Quito Revolution (1809–1812) (Proceso revolucionario de Quito (1809-1812)) was a series of events that took place between 1809 and 1812 in the Real Audiencia de Quito, which led to the establishment of a short-lived State of Quito, and which can be considered as the seed of the independence movements that ended up forming the current Republic of Ecuador.
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Quito School
The Quito School (Escuela Quiteña) is a Latin American colonial artistic tradition that constitutes essentially the whole of the professional artistic output developed in the territory of the Royal Audience of Quito – from Pasto and Popayán in the north to Piura and Cajamarca in the south – during the Spanish colonial period (1542–1824).
Quitu culture
The Quitu or Quillaco were Pre-Columbian indigenous peoples in Ecuador who founded Quito, which is the capital of present-day Ecuador.
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017.
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.
Real Audiencia of Quito
The Real Audiencia of Quito (sometimes referred to as la Presidencia de Quito or el Reino de Quito) was an administrative unit in the Spanish Empire which had political, military, and religious jurisdiction over territories that today include Ecuador, parts of northern Peru, parts of southern Colombia and parts of northern Brazil.
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Representative democracy
Representative democracy (also called electoral democracy or indirect democracy) is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public.
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Republic
A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy.
Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
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Richelieu Levoyer
Richelieu Levoyer Artieda (June 17, 1930 – December 21, 2015) was an Ecuadorian Army General and politician.
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Rights of nature
Rights of nature or Earth rights is a legal and jurisprudential theory that describes inherent rights as associated with ecosystems and species, similar to the concept of fundamental human rights.
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Rio Group
The Rio Group (G-Rio) was a permanent association of political consultation of Latin America and Caribbean countries, created in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 18, 1986 with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among the countries.
Rio Protocol
The Protocol of Peace, Friendship, and Boundaries between Peru and Ecuador, or Rio Protocol for short, was an international agreement signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 29, 1942, by the foreign ministers of Peru and Ecuador, with the participation of the United States, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina as guarantors.
Riobamba
Riobamba (full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: Rispampa) is the capital of Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, and is located in the Chambo River Valley of the Andes.
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (born 19 June 1935) is an Ecuadorian former politician who was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1988 to 10 August 1992.
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Romani people
The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.
S.D. Quito
Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian club football club based in Quito.
Salinas, Ecuador
Salinas is a coastal city located in the Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador.
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Salve, Oh Patria
"¡Salve, Oh Patria!" is the national anthem of Ecuador.
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Sangay National Park
Sangay National Park (Parque Nacional Sangay) is a national park located in the Morona-Santiago, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Cañar, and Azuay provinces of Ecuador.
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Sanjuanito
A Sanjuanito, Sanjuan, or San Juan is a type of Ecuadorian music and dance.
Santa Elena Province
The Province of Santa Elena is a province of Ecuador in the coastal region.
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Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas is a province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha.
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Santo Domingo, Ecuador
Santo Domingo de los Colorados, often simply referred to as Santo Domingo (Quechua: Tsachila), is an Ecuadorian city and seat of the canton that bears its name and the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province.
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Separation of powers
The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each.
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Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jews (Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).
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Shiwiar language
Shiwiar, also known as Achuar, Jivaro and Maina, is a Chicham language spoken along the Pastaza and Bobonaza rivers in Ecuador.
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Shuar
The Shuar, also known as Jivaro, are an indigenous ethnic group that inhabits the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia.
Shuar language
Shuar, which literally means "people", also known by such (now derogatory) terms as Chiwaro, Jibaro, Jivaro, or Xivaro, is an indigenous language spoken by the Shuar people of Morona Santiago Province and Pastaza Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.
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Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Siona language
Siona (otherwise known as Bain Coca, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Ganteyabain, Ganteya, Ceona, Zeona, Koka, Kanú) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Ecuador.
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Sixto Durán Ballén
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (July 14, 1921 – November 15, 2016) was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect.
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Slavery in Latin America
Slavery in Latin America was an economic and social institution that existed in Latin America before the colonial era until its legal abolition in the newly independent states during the 19th century.
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Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
Sovereign state
A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. Ecuador and Spain are member states of the United Nations and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Spanish American wars of independence
The Spanish American wars of independence (Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place throughout Spanish America during the early 19th century, with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule.
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Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile. Ecuador and Spanish colonization of the Americas are former Spanish colonies.
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Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976.
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Spanish Golden Age
The Spanish Golden Age (Spanish: Siglo de Oro ˈsiɣlo ðe ˈoɾo, "Golden Century") was a period that coincided with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Sport in Ecuador
Sports in Ecuador influence the culture and its people.
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Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
Subsidy
A subsidy or government incentive is a type of government expenditure for individuals and households, as well as businesses with the aim of stabilizing the economy.
Sucumbíos Province
Sucumbíos is a province in northeast Ecuador.
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Syncretism
Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.
Tecnocumbia
Tecnocumbia is a style of Cumbia where there is a fusion between electronic sounds generated by electronic musical instruments through electronic drums, the electric guitar, synthesisers, and samplers.
Teddy Cobeña
Teddy Cobeña Loor (born 16 April 1973) is a figurative expressionist sculptor with a surrealist component.
Telephone numbers in Ecuador
The Numbering Plan as defined by the national regulator can be found in:.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Tena, Ecuador
Tena is a city in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Real News Network
The Real News Network (TRNN) is a news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, that covers both national and international news.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Theo Constanté
Theo Constanté Parra (April 10, 1934 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – April 27, 2014) was a master Latin American painter part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador.
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Tilapia
Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Time in Ecuador
Ecuador Time (ECT), as named by the IANA time zone database, is the time observed in mainland Ecuador since 1931.
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Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom
The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries.
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Topa Inca Yupanqui
Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui ('Tupaq Inka Yupanki'), also Topa Inga Yupangui, translated as "noble Inca accountant," (before 14711493) was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty.
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Tostada (tortilla)
Tostada is the name given to various dishes in Mexico and Guatemala which include a toasted tortilla as the main base of their preparation.
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Tostones
Tostones (from the Spanish verb tostar which means "to toast") are twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine.
Treaty of Guayaquil
The Treaty of Guayaquil, officially the Treaty of Peace Between Colombia and Peru, and also known as the Larrea–Gual Treaty after its signatories, was a peace treaty signed between Gran Colombia and Peru in 1829 that officially put an end to the Gran Colombia–Peru War.
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Tropical climate
Tropical climate is the first of the five major climate groups in the Köppen climate classification identified with the letter A. Tropical climates are defined by a monthly average temperature of or higher in the coolest month, featuring hot temperatures and high humidity all year-round.
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Tsafiki language
Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by c. 2000 ethnic Tsáchila people.
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Tungurahua Province
Tungurahua (Provincia del Tungurahua, literally Province of the Tungurahua) is one of the twenty-four provinces of Ecuador.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Union of South American Nations
The Union of South American Nations (USAN), sometimes also referred to as the South American Union, abbreviated in Spanish as UNASUR and in Portuguese as UNASUL, is an intergovernmental regional organization.
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Unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations Human Rights Council
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. Ecuador and United States are member states of the United Nations.
United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. Ecuador and Uruguay are countries in South America, former Spanish colonies, member states of the United Nations, republics and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Valdivia culture
The Valdivia culture is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. Ecuador and Venezuela are countries in South America, former Spanish colonies, member states of the Union of South American Nations, member states of the United Nations and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
Venezuelans
Venezuelans (Spanish: venezolanos) are the citizens identified with the country of Venezuela.
Verónica Abad Rojas
Verónica Abad Rojas (born 14 November 1976) is an Ecuadorian business coach and politician who is the vice president of Ecuador following the second round of the 2023 general election.
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Vice President of Ecuador
The vice president of Ecuador is the second highest political position in Ecuador.
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Vicente Rocafuerte
Vicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano (1 May 1783 – 16 May 1847) was an influential figure in Ecuadorian politics and President of Ecuador from 10 September 1834 to 31 January 1839.
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Viceroyalty of New Granada
The Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada (Virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada), also called Viceroyalty of New Granada or Viceroyalty of Santafé, was the name given on 27 May 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. Ecuador and Viceroyalty of New Granada are former Spanish colonies and Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
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Viceroyalty of Peru
The Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru, was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima. Ecuador and Viceroyalty of Peru are Spanish-speaking countries and territories.
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Vilcabamba, Ecuador
Vilcabamba is a village in the southern region of Ecuador, in Loja Province, about from the city of Loja.
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Waorani language
The Waorani (Huaorani) language, commonly known as Sabela (also Wao, Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Ssabela; autonym: Wao Terero; pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a vulnerable language isolate spoken by the Waorani people, an indigenous group living in the Amazon rainforest between the Napo and Curaray Rivers in Ecuador.
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Waorani people
The Waorani, Waodani, or Huaorani, also known as the Waos, are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (Napo, Orellana, and Pastaza Provinces) who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, think tank, and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
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World Health Organization ranking of health systems in 2000
The World Health Organization (WHO) ranked the health systems of its 191 member states in its World Health Report 2000.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Network of Biosphere Reserves
The UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) covers internationally designated protected areas, known as biosphere or nature reserves, which are meant to demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature (e.g. encourage sustainable development).
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yasuní National Park
Yasuní National Park is a protected area comprising roughly between the Napo and Curaray Rivers in Pastaza and Orellana Provinces within Amazonian Ecuador.
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Zambo
Zambo or Sambu is a racial term historically used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry.
Zamora-Chinchipe Province
Zamora Chinchipe, Province of Zamora Chinchipe is a province of the Republic of Ecuador, located at the southeastern end of the Amazon Basin, which shares borders with the Ecuadorian provinces of Azuay and Morona Santiago to the north, Loja and Azuay to the west, and with Peru to the east and south.
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.ec
.ec is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ecuador.
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1797 Riobamba earthquake
The 1797 Riobamba earthquake occurred at 12:30 UTC on 4 February.
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1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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2006 Ecuadorian general election
General elections were held in Ecuador on 15 October 2006 to elect a new President and National Congress.
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2007–2008 financial crisis
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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2008 Constitution of Ecuador
The Constitution of Ecuador is the supreme law of Ecuador.
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2008 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 28 September 2008 to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly elected in 2007.
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2008 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations.
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2019 Ecuadorian protests
The 2019 Ecuadorian protests were a series of protests and riots against austerity measures including the cancellation of fuel subsidies, adopted by President of Ecuador Lenín Moreno and his administration.
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2021 Ecuadorian general election
General elections were held in Ecuador on 7 February 2021, established by the National Electoral Council (CNE) as the date for the first round of the presidential election and a vote on mining in Cuenca.
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2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 5 February 2023, alongside local elections.
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2023 Ecuadorian general election
Snap general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to vote for President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly and two referendums.
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2024 Ecuadorian conflict
On 9 January 2024, an armed conflict broke out in Ecuador involving the country's government against several organized crime groups, most notably the Los Choneros cartel.
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2nd parallel north
The 2nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 2 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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5th parallel south
The 5th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 5 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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See also
Andean Community
- Andean Community
- Andean Parliament
- Andean passport
- Bolivia
- CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Colombia
- Court of Justice of the Andean Community
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Secretary-General of the Andean Community
Countries in South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- List of South American countries and dependencies by GDP (PPP)
- List of South American countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Former OPEC member states
Member states of the Union of South American Nations
Spanish-speaking countries and territories
- Alta California
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Captaincy General of Chile
- Captaincy General of Cuba
- Captaincy General of Guatemala
- Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
- Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
- Captaincy General of Venezuela
- Captaincy General of Yucatán
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
- Chile
- Colombia
- Colony of Santiago
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guatemala
- Hispanidad
- Honduras
- Insular Government of Porto Rico
- Intendancy of San Salvador
- List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
- Mexico
- New Spain
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Province of Las Californias
- Provincias Internas
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of Texas
- Republic of Yucatán
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Spain
- Spanish West Indies
- Upper Peru
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Viceroyalty of New Granada
- Viceroyalty of Peru
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
- Western Sahara
States and territories established in 1830
- Belgium
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Ecuador
- French Algeria
- French North Africa
- Hưng Hóa province
- November Uprising
- State of Venezuela
- Tendō Domain
- Tooro Kingdom
- Wahidi Azzan
- Wahidi Balhaf
- Wahidi Bir Ali
References
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