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El Paquete Semanal ("The Weekly Package") or El Paquete is a one terabyte collection of digital material distributed since around 2008 [1] on the underground market in Cuba as a substitute for broadband Internet. [2]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020, when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus.
The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic virus in the genus Orthopoxvirus. The variola virus , which causes smallpox , is also in this genus. [ 3 ] Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact with infected skin or body fluids, including sexual contact. [ 3 ]
The mountainous, Andean region of Ecuador, the Sierra, is home to a style of music called Sanjuanito. The music of the Otavalo people is well-known worldwide. A small panpipe called the rondador is the most distinctive instrument, but ensembles are typically groups of wind instruments , guitar trios (often including a bandolin ), or brass bands .
Anarchism in Ecuador appeared at the end of the 19th century. [1] At the beginning of the 20th century, it started to gain influence in sectors of organized workers and intellectuals. [ 2 ]
Scaffolding on the south side of the antiguo Beaterio building, where the Instituto Nacional Mejía was located in the early 20th century.. The Instituto Nacional Mejía was originally located at the north side of the Metropolitan Cultural Centre [5] and was later moved to an old building informally known as the "antiguo Beaterio", [8] [5] Spanish for "old nunnery", (which had formerly served ...
Ecuador has had new constitutions promulgated in 1830, 1835, 1843, 1845, 1851, 1852, 1861, 1869, 1878, 1884, 1897, 1906, 1929, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1967, 1978, and 1998. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Following his election as President of Ecuador , Rafael Correa called for a referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution for the ...
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanto ðoˈmiŋgo ðe los ˈtsatʃilas]) [4] is a province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha.