The Democratic Left is a social-democratic political party in Ecuador. It was founded in 1970 by the then congressman Rodrigo Borja Cevallos.
Portoviejo,also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo,is a city in Ecuador,and the capital of the Province of Manabí30 km (19 mi) from the Pacific coast. It is still known as the city of the "Royal Tamarind Trees" due to former Tamarind plantations in the area.
Montalvo Canton is a canton of Ecuador,located in the Los Ríos Province. Its capital is the town of Montalvo. Its population at the 2001 census was 20,067.
Delfín Sporting Club,lit.'dolphin Sporting Club',is an association football club based in Manta,Ecuador. The club was founded on 1 March 1989 after Club Deportivo 9 de Octubre was ceded to a group of directors,which had Club Social Delfín. Later the team renamed Delfín Sporting Club. The club currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A,the highest level of Ecuadorian football.
Jennifer Stephanie Pazmiño Saldaña is an Ecuadorian-American TV host,radio host,model and beauty pageant titleholder who placed as the second runner-up at Miss Ecuador 2008,representing Guayaquil. As the second runner-up Pazmiño was crowned Miss Ecuador International 2008. She represented Ecuador at Miss International 2008,where she placed Top 12. Two years later Pazmiño was appointed and crowned as Miss Earth Ecuador 2010 by Jose Hidalgo her National Director. Pazmiño represented Ecuador at Miss Earth 2010 she became the first delegate from Ecuador to win the title Miss Earth-Air elemental crown.
Francisco JoséBorja Cevallos is an Ecuadorian government minister and diplomat.
La Manga del Cura is a territory located in the ManabíProvince belonging to the canton El Carmen in Ecuador.
Carlos Moisés Lara Bejarano was an Ecuadorian radiotelegraphist and bureaucrat.
Miss World Ecuador 2019,the 7th edition of the Miss World Ecuador was held on April 27,2019,in Guayaquil,Ecuador. Nicol Ocles from Imbabura crowned her successor María Auxiliadora Idrovo as Miss World Ecuador 2019. María Auxiliadora Idrovo competed at Miss World 2019. Among the finalists,the representatives to Miss Supranational,Miss Grand,and Miss Intercontinental were selected.
The Isaias Group is an Ecuadorian pan regional entrepreneurial conglomerate with an interest in a vast range of sectors,the key industries being media,telecommunications and banking. The group,which owns more than 100 companies,is owned by three brothers,Roberto Isaias,William Isaias and Estefano Isaias. For decades,the group owned companies across several industries,including commercial,real estate,agroindustry,oil,and media. The three brothers led the group's growth and diversification since the 1980s.
Oswaldo Joséde los Ángeles Castro Intriago was an Ecuadorian journalist,teacher,poet,statistician,translator/reviser,and novelist. He was instrumental in founding Chone's first newspaper,the cultural weekly El Iris;in organizing the first census of the city of Quito,Ecuador as president of its technical commission;and in promoting the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization as its liaison officer for Southern Latin America. While in retirement in Madrid,Spain,he published La Mula Ciega (1970),a loosely autobiographical novel about two teenagers coming of age in the early 1900s with Chone,Bahía de Caráquez,Quito,Guayaquil,and the Galápagos as backdrops.
Carlos González-Artigas Díaz was an Ecuadorian businessman.
General elections were held in Ecuador on 7 February 2021,established by the National Electoral Council (CNE) as the date for the first round of the presidential election and a vote on mining in Cuenca. Incumbent president Lenín Moreno,who had held the office since his victory over Guillermo Lasso in 2017,did not seek reelection. Although delaying the election due to the COVID-19 pandemic was discussed,the CNE announced on 15 December 2020 that the electoral calendar would not shift and confirmed elections would take place in February 2021.
On 4 February 2023,Omar Menéndez,a 41-year-old Ecuadorian man who was running as the Citizen Revolution Movement party's candidate for mayor in the canton of Puerto López,ManabíProvince in the 2023 Ecuadorian local elections,was shot and killed by two unidentified men just a few hours before the ballots were officially opened. Three other people were injured in the same shooting,including a 16-year-old volunteer,who eventually died from complications after being taken to the hospital.
Pedro JoséFreile Vallejo is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who is running for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election. He previously ran for president in the 2021 general election. Freile was born in Quito,Ecuador.
Petita Palma Piñeiros is an Ecuadorian singer who is regarded as a national treasure. Marimba music and traditions from the Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas are recognised by the UN as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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..
The United Society - More Action,or SUMA Party is an Ecuadorian political party,founded by Mauricio Rodas and Guillermo Celi in 2012. The party was initially led by Rodas;it was under his leadership until his political retirement in 2019. The party currently is led by Celi.
Paulina Aulestia is an Ecuadorian mountaineer. She has completed the seven peaks challenge and she was the first woman from Ecuador to climb Mount Everest 8,848 metre high summit.
Mishel Andrea Mancheno Dávila is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician who became the Legal Secretary to Ecuador's new president,Daniel Noboa in 2023. In 2024 she stood down to stand for election in 2025.
