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.
The Rio Group (G-Rio) was a permanent association of political consultation of Latin America and Caribbean countries,created in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil on December 18,1986 with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among the countries. It was succeeded in 2011 by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
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.
Luis Enrique Tábara was a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher representing a whole Hispanic pictorial and artistic culture.
Shell is a city located on the western edge of the Ecuadorian Amazon and in the eastern foothills of the Andes. It is located about 94 miles (151 km) southeast of Quito,and roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the provincial capital,Puyo. Its name comes from the Royal Dutch Shell corporation.
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.
Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco is an Ecuadorian non-governmental environmental organization. It was established to purchase and protect land important to the conservation of endangered birds in Ecuador.
Juan Martín Cueva Armijos is an Ecuadorian documentary film director and the director of the Filmfestival "Cero Latitud" in Quito. His documentary film "Where the poles meet" won the Best Documentary at the IX Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia in Chile and at the Brouillon d’un reve de la Scam in Paris in 1999.
The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable practices in the fields of architecture,engineering,urban planning,and construction. Its primary aim is to identify,discuss,and democratize the latest advancements and best practices in sustainable construction worldwide.
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) works to enhance the quality of life for the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change. CDKN does this by combining research,advisory services and knowledge management in support of locally owned and managed policy processes. It works in partnership with decision-makers in the public,private and non-governmental sectors nationally,regionally and globally.
Alejandro Gastón Aravena Mori is a Chilean architect and executive director of the firm Elemental S.A. He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2016,and was the director and curator of the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture.
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement,construction aggregates,and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group.
Miss Ecuador 2016,the 66th Miss Ecuador pageant,was held on March 12,2016 in Machala,El Oro. Francesca Cipriani,Miss Ecuador 2015 from Guayas crowned her successor Connie Jiménez of Los Ríos at the end of the event. The winner represented Ecuador at Miss Universe 2016 and went on to be the governor of her province.
Pete Oxford is a British-born conservation photographer based in Cape Town,South Africa,after living in Quito,Ecuador for several years. Originally trained as a marine biologist,he and his wife,South African-born ReneéBish,now work as a professional photographic team focusing primarily on wildlife and indigenous cultures.
Anne Lacaton is a French architect and educator. She runs the architectural practice Lacaton &Vassal,with Jean-Philippe Vassal. The pair were jointly awarded the 2021 Pritzker Prize.
Amparo Menéndez-Carrión is an author and a scholar specialized in comparative politics and Latin American studies. She received her BA in Political Science at the University of Minnesota and her M.A. and Ph.D in International Relations and Comparative Politics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She was Director General of FLACSO Ecuador for two consecutive terms (1987-1995) and has been a professor at the University of Chile and Macalester College. Her book La Conquista del Voto en Ecuador was declared by her peers ‘Best Book of the Year in the Social Sciences’. Her most recent book was recipient of the Bartolome Hidalgo award for non-fiction book of 2016 in Uruguay.
Yolanda Becerra Vega is a Colombian feminist and pacifist activist. She is the founder and currently the national director of the National Directorate of the Popular Women's Organization,an entity created in 1972 in the Diocese's Pastoral Ministry,which in 1988 became an autonomous organization based in Barrancabermeja to support women in peaceful resistance against violence and defend peaceful dialogue. She is currently putting her efforts into establishing entities for women such as the construction of a Museum of Memory and Human Rights for Women and she also developed Women's Agendas for Territory and Peace.
Sonia Roca is the Chancellor and Founder of Universidad Del Pacífico - Ecuador.
Roque Simón Sevilla Larrea is an Ecuadorian economist, businessman, environmentalist,and politician. He was the Metropolitan Mayor of Quito between 1998 and 2000. He is President of the "Grupo Futuro" that brings together various companies including tourism,insurance,and the environment.
Paola Vintimilla Moscoso is an Ecuadorian model who became a TV presenter and a member of Ecuador's National Assembly. She then returned to being a TV presenter working for the company whose live broadcast was taken over by an armed gang..
