The Fundación Colegio Americano de Quito or Colegio Americano de Quito is a private college preparatory school in Quito,Ecuador. In 1940 it was founded by the former president of Ecuador and the president of the Organization of American States (OAS) Galo Plaza Lasso,and Boaz Long.
Galo Lincoln Plaza Lasso de la Vega was an Ecuadorian statesman who served as President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952 and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1968 to 1975. He is the son of former Ecuadorian President Leonidas Plaza.
Ambato is a city located in the central Andean valley of Ecuador. Lying on the banks of the Ambato River,the city also sits beneath several tall mountains. It is the capital city of the Tungurahua Province,situated at an elevation of 2,577 meters above sea level. It is variously nicknamed "City of Flowers and Fruits","Land of the Three Juan's",and "Garden of Ecuador." Ambato's inhabitants are called Ambateños or Guaytambos. The current mayor of Ambato is Diana Caiza.
Don Aurelio Mosquera Narváez was an Ecuadorian politician who served as President of Ecuador from December 1938 to November 1939.
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco —born Alfredo Pareja y Díez Canseco —was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist,essayist,journalist,historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American novel,he was a founding member of the literary Grupo de Guayaquil,which brought a new emphasis to realistic novels.
Iván Carvajal Aguirre is an Ecuadorian poet,philosopher and writer. In 1984 he received Ecuador's National Prize for Literature,the "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" prize,for his work entitled "Parajes". In February 2013 he won the Premio a las Libertades Juan Montalvo.
Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín,was archbishop of Guayaquil for ten years,and the first member of the prelature of Opus Dei in Ecuador. He was also a distinguished lawyer,frequently consulted about Ecuadorian Civil law and the author of more than 60 books about jurisprudence.
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is an Ecuadorian linguist,poet,politician,and diplomat. She served as an advisor on biodiversity and indigenous peoples (1999-2005) and was the regional director for South America (2005-2007) at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Espinosa Garcés was Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs twice,from 2007 to 2008 and then from 2017 to 2018. She also served as ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York (2008-2009) and Geneva (2014-2017),and as Ecuador's Minister of National Defense (2012-2014). In June 2018,she was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session by a two-thirds vote of the member states. Espinosa Garcés became the fourth woman in the seventy-three-year history of the United Nations to be elected President of the General Assembly. Besides her political career,she is also a poet and essayist.
Juan Manuel Rodríguez López is a Spanish-born,naturalized Ecuadorian author and professor. He holds a licenciate/BA degree in philosophy and a doctorate in literature from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE). He was a professor at Universidad Central del Ecuador and Universidad Católica,as well as a founding professor of Universidad San Francisco de Quito,where he was Dean of the College of Communication and Contemporary Arts.
Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002) was an Ecuadorian writer. He was born in Súa,a city in the predominantly Afro-Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas in Ecuador. He was first homeschooled by his mother before traveling to the capital city of Quito where he graduated from Escuela Superior Juan Montalvo with a degree in public accounting in 1932. Bass identified with the Communist Party during this time and in 1934 had the opportunity to publish two of his poems in the socialist diary La Tierra.
María Isabel Salvador is an Ecuadorian politician,diplomat and professional in the tourism industry. Currently,she serves as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Haiti,appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in March 2023. She has served in two administrations as Minister of Tourism,Minister of Foreign Affairs,Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American States,Parliamentarian at the Andean Parliament,and President of the Governing Council of the Galápagos. Before the public service chapter of her life she worked in the tourism industry as CEO of Air France in Ecuador and vicepresident of the national tourism chamber of commerce CAPTUR.
Johana Farina Pesántez Benítez is an Ecuadorian politician,she was Minister of Justice,Human Rights and Religious Affairs between 13 May 2011 and 18 June 2013. Since 24 May 2017 she has been judicial advisor to President Lenín Moreno.
The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) is a Pontifical Catholic university founded in 1946 in Quito,Ecuador.
Juan Falconi Puig is a doctor in law,a university professor,a columnist as well as a politician. In 2013 he was appointed Ambassador of Ecuador to the United Kingdom (12). In 2015 he was appointed to represent Ecuador as Permanent Ambassador to the World Trade Organization,headquartered in Geneva Switzerland.
Filoteo Samaniego Salazar was an Ecuadorian novelist,poet,historian,translator,and diplomat. He became a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language in 1984,and was its secretary from 1996–2006. He was awarded Ecuador's most prestigious prize,the Premio Eugenio Espejo,in 2001. Samaniego's diplomatic career began in 1949 as the chief of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador. He served as Ecuador's Ambassador to Austria,Germany,Romania and Egypt;and was a permanent representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI);and held many other academic,national,and international posts in his lifetime. He translated books from French to Spanish,including the Spanish translation of Chronique (1960) by the French Nobel laureate Saint-John Perse.
Mauricio Pozo Crespo is an Ecuadorian politician,banker and economist from Quito,Ecuador. Since 2020,he has been Minister of Economy and Finance.
Eduardo Santos Alvite is Ecuadorian economist and retired diplomat.
Juan Valdano Morejón is an Ecuadorian writer. He was born in Cuenca in 1939. He studied at the University of Cuenca,Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Aix-en-Provence. He taught literature and literary theory at the University of Cuenca and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
Ecuador–Kosovo relations are foreign relations between Ecuador and Kosovo. Formal diplomatic relations between two states are non-existent as Ecuador does not recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state.
Sonia Roca is the Chancellor and Founder of Universidad Del Pacífico - Ecuador.
