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A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 21 April 2024, amid the 2024 Ecuadorian conflict. [1] [2] The referendum was held on proposed security measures. [1] [2] In January 2024, the Constitutional Court had blocked nine proposed questions. [3] Items F through K were structured as a popular consultation rather than a constitutional ...
The 2011 Popular Consultation in Ecuador was a referendum held on May 7, 2011. President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa decreed that the 10 questions were approved based on an exit poll on Saturday, May 7. The final results were known on Thursday May 19, 2011: all the proposed changes were approved.
Snap general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to elect the President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly, and to decide on two referendums.The elections were triggered by the invocation of muerte cruzada, which dissolved the National Assembly on 17 May 2023. [1]
Ecuador’s ports are now a major exit point for South American cocaine headed to North America and Europe, the UN says. This newfound position in the international drug trade has sparked a ...
The homicide rate in Ecuador rose from 5 to 46 per 100,000 inhabitants between 2017 and 2023. According to political analyst Fernando Carrion, from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, the turning point came when Lenín Moreno came into office in 2017.
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.
General elections were held in Ecuador on 9 February 2025. [1] Incumbent president, right-winger Daniel Noboa is seeking re-election after his 2023 victory. [2] [3] He will face leftist candidate Luisa González in the runoff, as no candidate secured a majority in the first round.
The 2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état took place on 21 January 2000 and resulted in President Jamil Mahuad being deposed, and replaced by Vice President Gustavo Noboa. [1] The coup coalition brought together a short-lived junta composed by the country's most powerful indigenous group, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), and a group of junior military officers led by ...