Ecuador,officially the Republic of Ecuador,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. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific,about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito and its largest city is Guayaquil.
The History of Ecuador covers human habitation in the region reaching back 8,000 years.
The Ethnocacerist movement is a Peruvian ethnic nationalist movement that espouses an ideology called ethnocacerism. The movement seeks to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat led by the country's Indigenous communities and their descendants. It draws on the ideas and history of several Indigenous and anti-colonial movements,including those of Juan Velasco Alvarado,Evo Morales,Gamal Abdel Nasser,Muammar Gaddafi,and Che Guevara. Ethnocacerism is considered an Indigenist ideology and is currently represented in electoral politics by the Union for Peru party and other smaller parties. The ideology is also followed by Peruvian militant groups such as the Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists and Ejército de Reservistas Andino Amazónico –T.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Ecuador have evolved significantly in the past decades. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Ecuador and same-sex couples can enter into civil unions and same-sex marriages.
The Andean Parliament is the governing and deliberative body of the Andean Community,conformed by representatives of its four member states Bolivia,Colombia,Ecuador and Peru,and one associate member,Chile. It is composed of 25 parliamentarians,five representing each state.
The Wiphala is a square emblem commonly used as a flag to represent some native peoples of the Andes that include today's Bolivia,Peru,Chile,Ecuador,northwestern Argentina and southern Colombia. The 2009 Constitution of Bolivia established the southern Qullasuyu Wiphala as another national symbol of Bolivia,along with the red-yellow-green tricolor.
Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2020. He was President of the Congress for the 2017–2018 annual term. Galarreta was part of the presidential ticket of Keiko Fujimori in the 2021 elections that lost the elections to the Pedro Castillo ticket,however,he was elected to the Andean Parliament.
María Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco was a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications on Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire.
The Revolutionary and Democratic Ethical Green Movement (MOVER,Spanish:Movimiento Verde Ético Revolucionario y Democrático) is a centre to centre-right neoliberal and environmentalist political party in Ecuador. In 2016,it had 979,691 members. Until 2021 it was known as the PAIS Alliance (Proud and Sovereign Homeland) (PAIS,Spanish:Alianza PAIS (Patria Altiva i Soberana)).
Valeska Alexandra Saab Gómez is an Ecuadorian charity worker,model,and beauty pageant titleholder.
JoséSerrano Salgado is an Ecuadorian politician. He was President of the National Assembly between 14 May 2017 and 9 March 2018. He was Minister of the Interior from 13 May 2011 to 15 November 2016. He previously held other cabinet posts.
Gabriela Alejandra Rivadeneira Burbano is an Ecuadorian politician. She was President of the National Assembly of Ecuador between May 2013 and May 2017. Previously she was Governor of Imbabura Province from 2011 to 2012.
María Constanza Ceruti is an Argentine anthropologist and mountaineer,who has done more than 80 field surveys,most of them as part of National Geographic teams in Andean regions of Argentina,Chile,Bolivia,Ecuador and Peru. Her most important finding are the Children of Llullaillaco,considered the best preserved mummies in the world by the Guinness World Records. She is also the first woman worldwide to specialize in high-altitude archaeology,studying Inca ceremonial centers on the summits of Andean peaks above 6000 meters. She is a pioneer in the anthropological study of sacred mountains around the world,and in the emerging field of glacial archaeology.
Carmen Irina Cabezas Rodríguez is an Ecuadorian politician and educator. She was the secretary of the "Toda Una Vida" plan.
Ivonne Leila Juez Abuchacra de Baki is an Ecuadorian politician and diplomat. She is most known for her time as the Ecuadorian Minister of Industries and Productivity and as the President of the Andean Parliament. She is Ecuador's former Ambassador to Qatar and the United States. She is currently the Ecuadorian Ambassador to France. She was the first female ambassador in Ecuadorian history.
Juana María Vallejo Klaere is an Ecuadorian television producer and politician. She was elected Governor of Guayas Province in 2018.
Cristina Eugenia Reyes Hidalgo is an Ecuadorian poet,lawyer,and politician. She is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Social Christian Party and part of the Legislative Administration Council.,and is currently the President of the Andean Parliament,since July 14,2023.
Union for Hope is a political coalition in Ecuador for the 2021 Ecuadorian general election. Political groups from the left-wing participated,with only the Democratic Center Movement being officially on the ballot,to sponsor the presidential candidacy of Andrés Arauz for the 2021 presidential election.
Sonia Roca is the Chancellor and Founder of Universidad Del Pacífico - Ecuador.
Silvia Betzabeth Salgado Andrade is an Ecuadorian politician. She has been a socialist leader,a member of the National Assembly and from 2013 a member of the Andean Parliament.
