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Ecuador-related events during 2021
Events in the year 2021 in
Ecuador .
Incumbents Events
Darwin's Arch before its collapse in 2021
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]
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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 .
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November 13 –
November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot Deaths
Efraín Ruales
This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (November 2021 )
10 January –
Paco Álvarez Moreira [
es ] , radio personality and journalist (born 1954).
[21]
25 January
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
^ Piven, Ben (January 25, 2021).
"Ecuadorian Amazon: Three European banks stop funding trade of oil" . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English. Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
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"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 .
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"El CNE aclara que no se cambiará la fecha de votaciones presidenciales" (in Spanish). Expreso. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
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"Cuenca, Ecuador anti-mining vote in February 2021" . Mining Journal. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
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"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 . ^
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"Ecuador election goes into run-off with Arauz in the lead" . BBC News . 8 February 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021 .
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"Ecuador election heads into runoff with Arauz in lead" . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021 .
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"Andres Arauz, Yaku Perez lead in Ecuadorian presidential election - Xinhua | English.news.cn" . xinhuanet.com . huaxia. Xinhua. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021 .
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"Ecuador to conduct partial recount in disputed presidential polls" . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English. February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021 .
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"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 .
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"More than 50 dead and dozens injured in prison riots in Ecuador" . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021 . ^
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"Renuncia ministro de Ecuador tras sangrientos motines carcelarios" . jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021 .
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"Ecuador health minister steps down over COVID vaccine roll-out" . aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera English. February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"Galápagos tortoises: 185 babies seized from smugglers" . BBC News. March 29, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022 .
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"Darwin's Arch Collapses" . scubadiverlife.com . 17 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021 .
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"Ecuador jail: Death toll in Guayaquil prison fight passes 100" . BBC News . 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 .
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"Over 100 killed in bloody Ecuador prison massacre" . CNN . 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 .
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"At least 116 dead in Ecuador prison gang clash, some beheaded" . South China Morning Post . 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 .
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"Falleció el periodista deportivo Paco Álvarez Moreira conocido como la 'Voz de Oro de Ecuador' . elcomercio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2021 .
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Wings legend Chico Borja passes away
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El pintor Enrique Tábara Zerna falleció a los 90 años (in Spanish)
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"Asesinaron en Guayaquil al actor y presentador de TV ecuatoriano Efraín Ruales" . infobae (in European Spanish). January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021 .
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Falleció por covid-19 Miguel Camino Solórzano, rector de la Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí (in Spanish)
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Gustavo Noboa Bejarano, expresidente de Ecuador, falleció a los 83 años (in Spanish)
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Lamentan en Ecuador la muerte del exciclista olímpico Jhon Jarrín (in Spanish)
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Alberto Sánchez Varas, periodista deportivo, historiador y exdirector de Barcelona SC falleció en Guayaquil (in Spanish)
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Muere Roberto Calero, el popular cantante y compositor rockolero (in Spanish)
External links
How will Ecuador’s elections affect the future of the Amazon? (By Kimberley Brown, Al Jazeera, 6 Feb 2021)
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