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That constitutional provision triggered a general election, in which Villavicencio was a leading presidential candidate; [12] at his highest level of support in late July, a La República poll found Villavicencio polling in second place with 13.2%, behind former assemblywoman Luisa González in first place with 26.6%, [13] although polling a ...
[10] [11] Noboa's second-place finish was considered surprising and an upset, with his debate performance seen as a key factor in his rise in popularity. [12] Noboa ultimately defeated González in the runoff election, securing 52% of the vote, a result similar to Guillermo Lasso's victory in 2021. [13]
In 2007, she was a candidate for the National Congress to represent Pichincha Province for the right-wing Social Christian Party (PSC). [11] In 2008, she worked as an advisor to the Secretariat of Communication and Information of Ecuador, and that same year she became General Coordinator of Human Resources, Institutional Development and Training of the Superintendence of Companies.
In 2024, Ecuador faced a major security crisis when José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the criminal group Los Choneros, escaped from prison in Guayaquil on the day he was scheduled to be transferred to a maximum-security facility. Authorities reported the escape the following day and filed charges against two prison officers.
Until 1884, Ecuador's constitution placed no gender requirements for citizenship, though there were not cases of women trying to vote. In 1884 the constitution introduced gender restrictions. The citizenship was only extended to, "los varones que sepan leer y escribir y hayan cumplido 21 años o sean o hubieren sido casados", or "only men, 21 ...
La Manga del Cura: In a referendum held on 27 September 2015, 64.2% of the voters voted in favor of La Manga del Cura being incorporated into the Manabí Province. [5] El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017. [6] Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017 [7]
On 10 April, by a near unanimous vote (Ecuador voted against, El Salvador abstained, and Mexico was absent), the Permanent Council adopted a resolution "strongly condemn[ing] the intrusion into the premises of the Embassy of Mexico in Ecuador and the acts of violence against the well-being and dignity of the diplomatic personnel of the mission".
Mara Štefica Topić Verduga [1] was born in Guayaquil, to an Ecuadorian mother and a Croatian father. At the age of 18, she moved to Los Angeles, California. Her eldest brother Jan Topić is a former Ecuadorian presidential candidate for the 2023 Ecuadorian general election.