2021 in Ecuador
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] [ 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
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 . ^ "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)
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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