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twitter.com /lenin. Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈnim bolˈtajɾe moˈɾeno ɣaɾˈses]; [a] born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador, from 2017 to 2021. Moreno was vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa. He was nominated as the ...
There were two military dictatorships in the country (1963–1966 and 1972–1979) before democracy returned with the election of Jaime Roldós Aguilera. From 1996 to 2005, 3 constitutional presidents were overthrown (Abdalá Bucaram, Jamil Mahuad and Lucio Gutiérrez). The left-wing populist government of Rafael Correa (2007–2017) has been ...
Leonidas Iza. Segundo Leonidas Iza Salazar (born c. 1982) is an Ecuadorian activist and indigenous leader of Kichwa - Panzaleo ancestry who is serving as the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) since 27 June 2021. [1] Alongside Jaime Vargas, Iza led the demonstrations held in Ecuador in October 2019 by ...
Elected President. Lenin Moreno. PAIS Alliance. General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens. [1] Voters elected a new President and National Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance was not eligible for re-election, having served three terms.
Moreno's government stated that the fuel subsidies had cost the country $1.4 billion annually [40] and had been in place for 40 years. [41] The cut of fuel subsidies resulted in diesel fuel prices doubling and regular fuel prices increasing 30 percent, [ 41 ] angering transportation unions and businesses who started the protest movement. [ 42 ]
Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (Latin American Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ˈlaso]; born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023. [1][2] He was the country's first conservative president in nearly two decades, marking a shift in the country's ...
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The 2020 demonstrations in Ecuador were a series of national mobilizations carried out beginning on May 1, 2020, after the announcement of economic measures by the government of Lenín Moreno and the approval in the second debate of the Organic Law of Humanitarian Support by the National Assembly, adopted due to the serious health and economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.