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Lorena Bobbitt - Ecuadorian-American woman made famous after assaulting her husband; María Capovilla - supercentenarian, at one time the oldest living person in the world; Mariana Carcelén - aristocrat, Marchioness, wife of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre and as such First Lady of Bolivia; Martina Carrillo - 18th-century anti ...
This article is a list of Ecuadorian artists.. Alba Calderón (1908–1982, Guayaquil) [1]; Aníbal Villacís (born 1927, Ambato); Araceli Gilbert (1913–1993) [1]; Caesar Andrade Faini (born 1913, Quito)
Ecuador has a population of about 1,120,000 descendants from sub-Saharan African people. The Afro-Ecuadorian culture is found primarily in the country's northwest coastal region. Afro-Ecuadorians form a majority (70%) in the province of Esmeraldas and also have an important concentration in the Valle del Chota in the Imbabura Province.
Juan José Flores was the first constitutional president of Ecuador, declaring the separation of the State of Ecuador from Gran Colombia, maintaining its presidential government structure, which has remained until the present day. Between 1830 and 1845, the office of President of the Republic was elected indirectly, that is, through the ...
Notable Ecuadorian painters include: . Alfredo Palacio Moreno (1912-1998); Aníbal Villacís (1927–2012); Araceli Gilbert (1913-1993); Bolívar Mena Franco (1913–1993) [1]; Brenda Gonzalez
The history of Ecuador is better known from the point of the Inca expansion than during the Pre-Columbian era. In 1463, the Inca warrior Pachacuti and his son Tupac Yupanqui began the incorporation of Ecuador into Inca rule. They began by defeating the people of the Sierra including the Quitus tribe (the people for whom modern-day Quito is named
The IMF on Thursday said its executive board completed the first review of an extended fund facility for Ecuador, allowing for an immediate disbursement of around $500 million. In a statement, the ...
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