What Happened In Ecuador

But what is happening in ecuador and what might happen next.
What happened in ecuador. There s a lot of uncertainty about what might happen said michael shifter president of the inter american dialogue a us think tank monitoring governance in latin america. Protesters have surrounded and entered the national assembly building in quito ecuador as president lenin moreno attempts to quell unrest over an end to fuel subsidies from outside the capital. For a round up of the most important stories from around the world and a concise refreshing and balanced take on the week s news. What happened this week.
I know we re at the most difficult stage right now but it s just the beginning americas. The 2016 ecuador earthquake occurred on april 16 at 18 58 37 ect with a moment magnitude of 7 8 and a maximum mercalli intensity of viii severe the very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately 27 km 17 mi from the towns of muisne and pedernales in a sparsely populated part of the country and 170 km 110 mi from the capital quito where it was felt strongly. 1809 ecuadoran middle class begins to push for independence. Ecuador to tax millionaires to pay for earthquake reconstruction president rafael correa.
M1 5 or greater 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 1 earthquake in the past 7 days. Pre columbian the conquest the colonial period the war of independence gran colombia and simón bolívar the final separation of his vision into what is known today as the republic of. Ecuador s death rate soars as fears grow over scale of coronavirus crisis mortalities in one province leap from 3 000 to 11 000 in six weeks with health and mortuary services overwhelmed. 1531 spanish led by francisco pizarro land on ecuadoran coast en route to peru where they defeat the incas.
The ecuador government has reached an agreement with the imf for a 4 2 billion loan and in exchange accepted several harsh labour and tax reforms. 1822 antonio jose de sucre a follower of pro independence simon bolivar defeats spanish royalists at the battle of pichincha. Ecuador is an oil rich country that s highly reliant on exports especially when it comes to funding government expenditures oil accounts for roughly a quarter of all. The history of ecuador extends over an 8 000 year period.