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Ecuador is the fifth largest oil producer in the Latin American region. Petroecuador owns three petroleum refineries in Ecuador: Esmeraldas Refinery, 110,000 barrels per day (17,000 m 3 /d) (began 1978) La Libertad Refinery, 45,000 barrels per day (7,200 m 3 /d) Shushufindi Refinery, 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m 3 /d)
A series of protests against the economic policies of Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso, triggered by increasing fuel and food prices, began on 13 June 2022.Initiated by and primarily attended by Indigenous activists, in particular the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the protests have since been joined by students and workers who have also been affected by the ...
The Public News Agency of Ecuador and South America (Andes) (Spanish: Agencia Pública de Noticias del Ecuador y Suramérica (ANDES)) is the official digital information service of the Ecuadorian State. Andes is a public media organisation which provides regional and national news coverage, as well as general information on Latin America.
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
The economy of Ecuador is the eighth largest in Latin America and the 69th largest in the world by total GDP. [17] Ecuador 's economy is based on the export of oil , bananas , shrimp , gold , other primary agricultural products and money transfers from Ecuadorian emigrants employed abroad. [ 18 ]
The paper was founded on January 1, 1906, in Quito, Ecuador by Celiano Monge and brothers César Mantilla Jácome and Carlos Mantilla Jácome. The newspaper remained in the Mantilla family until January 12, 2015, when the newspaper was sold to Telglovisión S.A., company property of the entrepreneur Remigio Ángel González.
Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos.
Mariscal Sucre International Airport [3] (IATA: UIO, ICAO: SEQM) is an international airport serving Quito, Ecuador.It is the busiest airport in Ecuador.It is located in the Tababela parish, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) [4] east of Quito, and because of its location it is also colloquially known as Tababela Airport.