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The constitution is one of the first in the world to recognise the right to food. [9]Article 281, labelled Food Sovereignty, reads: "Food Sovereignty constitutes an objective and strategic obligation from the State to guarantee its people, communities, pueblos and nationalities self sufficiency in healthy food, culturally appropriate in a permanent form."
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. [1] The new constitution was approved by 69% of voters. Following its approval, early elections were held in April 2009. [2]
Ecuador has had a total of twenty constitutions over the course of its history, which can be seen as a symptom of Ecuador's chronic instability. After several years of political crisis, the government of Rafael Correa , elected in 2006 following the dismissal of Lucio Gutiérrez by Congress, proposed a new Magna Carta for the country with the ...
A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.
When Costa first visited Ecuador some years ago, he was following in Humboldt’s footsteps, exploring the “Avenue of the Volcanoes,” which had inspired many of the great scientist’s insights.
The last points were approved on 17 July 2008, the constitution was to be presented on 24 July 2008 and the referendum was expected to be held on 28 September 2008. [15] The new constitution would have 494 articles. [16] Two articles legalising same-sex unions and declaring Quechua an official language were dropped in the last minute; polls see ...
Ecuador filed a complaint Monday at the top U.N. court over what it called Mexico’s illegal move to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador’s highly ...