Events in the year 2021 in Ecuador.
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Incumbents
edit- President: Lenín Moreno (until 24 May), Guillermo Lasso (from 24 May)
- Vice President: María Alejandra Muñoz (until 24 May), Alfredo Borrero (from 24 May)
Events
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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
- January 25 – BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, and ING Group end financing for oil trading in the Amazon region of Ecuador.[1]
- January 30 – The presidential airplane with Lenín Moreno and other high-ranking official on-board was delayed for emergency repairs as it took off from the airport in Washington, D.C. The officials had been in the United States since January 24; the trip had originally been planned for early January but was postponed due to political instability in the U.S.[2]
- February 7 – 2021 Ecuadorian general election.[3][4]
- February 11 – Groups of indigenous people mobilize in Quito in support of the presidential candidate Yaku Pérez and call for a recount. Economist Andrés Arauz is in first place with 32.64%, right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso has obtained 19.70%, and left-wing environmental lawyer Pérez has 19.46% of the votes counted.[5] Early results showed Arauz and Pérez in first and second place, respectively.[6][7][8]
- February 13 – Presidential candidates agree to 100% recount of votes in Guayas Province and a 50% recount in 16 other provinces.[9]
- February 21 – The Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) declares that Andrés Arauz of the Unión por la Esperanza alliance had 3,033,753 votes (32.72%) and Guillermo Lasso of Creando Oportunidades (CREO), had 1,830,045 votes (19,74%) in the recent election. Yaku Pérez of Pachakutik was in third place with 1,797,445 votes (19,39%).[10]
- February 23 – Riots in four prisons leave 79 dead and dozens wounded.[11][12]
- February 27 – Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos resigns.[13]
- March 1 – Rodolfo Farfán, 63, a surgeon, is named Health Minister.[14]
- March 5 – Minister of the Interior Patricio Pazmiño resigns following the February 23 prison riots.[12]
- March 10 – Ecuador condemns Argentine President Alberto Fernández's statements about Lenín Moreno as interference in their affairs. When asked about his relationship with vice president Cristina Kirchner, Fernandez replied, “Yo no soy Lenín Moreno. Los que imaginaron eso no me conocen” (“I am not Lenín Moreno. Those who imagine otherwise do not know me").[15]
- March 28 – Customs officials decommission 185 baby Galápagos tortoises being sent to the mainland.[16]
- April 11 – Second round of the presidential election[6]
- May 17 – The rock formation Darwin's Arch in the Galápagos Islands collapses due to natural erosion.[17]
- September 28 – 118 inmates are killed during a riot in Guayaquil, the deadliest prison violence in the country's history.[18][19][20]
- November 13 – November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
Deaths
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- 10 January – Paco Álvarez Moreira, radio personality and journalist (born 1954).[21]
- 25 January
- Chico Borja, 61, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (New York Cosmos, Wichita Wings, U.S. national team) and manager; colon cancer.[22]
- Enrique Tábara, 90, painter; heart attack.[23]
- 27 January – Efraín Ruales, 36, television actor and presenter; shot.[24]
- 3 February – Miguel Camino Solórzano, 64, rector and educator; COVID-19.[25]
- 16 February – Gustavo Noboa, 83, President (2000–2003) and Vice President (1998–2000), Governor of Guayas Province (1983–1984); heart attack.[26]
- 9 March – Jhon Jarrín, 59, Olympic cyclist (1980); traffic collision.[27]
- 10 March – Alberto Sánchez Varas, 74, sports journalist and historian.[28]
- 4 April – Roberto Calero, 77, bolero singer; kidney disease.[29]
References
edit- ^ Piven, Ben (January 25, 2021). "Ecuadorian Amazon: Three European banks stop funding trade of oil". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "El avión presidencial de Ecuador aterrizó de emergencia en EEUU con Lenín Moreno a bordo". infobae (in European Spanish). January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "El CNE aclara que no se cambiará la fecha de votaciones presidenciales" (in Spanish). Expreso. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Cuenca, Ecuador anti-mining vote in February 2021". Mining Journal. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Denuncian cientos de indígenas fraude electoral contra su líder en Ecuador". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). Afp, Ap, Xinhua and Sputnik. February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ecuador election goes into run-off with Arauz in the lead". BBC News. 8 February 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador election heads into runoff with Arauz in lead". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Andres Arauz, Yaku Perez lead in Ecuadorian presidential election - Xinhua | English.news.cn". xinhuanet.com. huaxia. Xinhua. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador to conduct partial recount in disputed presidential polls". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "Guillermo Lasso pasó a la segunda vuelta de las presidenciales en Ecuador tras la confirmación del Consejo Electoral". infobae (in European Spanish). February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "More than 50 dead and dozens injured in prison riots in Ecuador". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "Renuncia ministro de Ecuador tras sangrientos motines carcelarios". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador health minister steps down over COVID vaccine roll-out". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador nombra nuevo ministro de Salud en medio de críticas al plan de vacunación de COVID-19". msn.com. Reuters. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador llamó a consultas al embajador de Argentina tras las declaraciones de Alberto Fernández sobre Lenín Moreno". infobae (in European Spanish). March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Galápagos tortoises: 185 babies seized from smugglers". BBC News. March 29, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ "Darwin's Arch Collapses". scubadiverlife.com. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Ecuador jail: Death toll in Guayaquil prison fight passes 100". BBC News. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Over 100 killed in bloody Ecuador prison massacre". CNN. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "At least 116 dead in Ecuador prison gang clash, some beheaded". South China Morning Post. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Falleció el periodista deportivo Paco Álvarez Moreira conocido como la 'Voz de Oro de Ecuador'". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). 10 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Wings legend Chico Borja passes away
- ^ El pintor Enrique Tábara Zerna falleció a los 90 años (in Spanish)
- ^ "Asesinaron en Guayaquil al actor y presentador de TV ecuatoriano Efraín Ruales". infobae (in European Spanish). January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ Falleció por covid-19 Miguel Camino Solórzano, rector de la Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí (in Spanish)
- ^ Gustavo Noboa Bejarano, expresidente de Ecuador, falleció a los 83 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Lamentan en Ecuador la muerte del exciclista olímpico Jhon Jarrín (in Spanish)
- ^ Alberto Sánchez Varas, periodista deportivo, historiador y exdirector de Barcelona SC falleció en Guayaquil (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere Roberto Calero, el popular cantante y compositor rockolero (in Spanish)