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2024 in Ecuador

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2024
in
Ecuador

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Events in the year 2024 in Ecuador.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

  • 24 March – San Vicente mayor Brigitte García, the youngest mayor in the country, and one of her advisors are found shot dead in Manabí Province.[9]
  • 31 March – Eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs in Guayaquil.[10]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

  • 14 June - The National Assembly votes to block an attempt to have Vice President Verónica Abad prosecuted in a corruption case involving her son while she is in office.[18]
  • 16 June - 2024 Baños landslide: A landslide caused by heavy rainfall strikes a highway in Baños de Agua Santa, killing at least eight people and injuring 22, with 11 people reported missing.[19]
  • 18 June - The Foreign Ministry announces plans to reinstate a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the latter country.[20]
  • 19 June – A nationwide power outage leaves 17 million people without power.[21]

Scheduled events[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Holidays[edit]

Source:[28]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate". AP News. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. ^ "Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon". 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ^ "Ecuador prison staff held hostage by inmates all freed". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  4. ^ "Ecuador: 48 prison inmates escape, only 5 recaptured". MercoPress. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  5. ^ "Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV studio shot dead". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  6. ^ "Ecuador police arrest gang members who stormed hospital". 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  7. ^ "Ecuador becomes second Latin American state to decriminalise euthanasia". 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  8. ^ "Ecuador arrests 6,000 people in month-long gang crackdown". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  9. ^ "Ecuador's youngest mayor found shot to death alongside staffer". Reuters. March 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Zeker dertien mensen doodgeschoten door gewapende bendes in Ecuador". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  11. ^ "Ecuador declares Mexican ambassador persona non grata and says she will leave 'shortly'". Associated Press. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Mexico's president says country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador, after police raid embassy". Associated Press. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Ecuador after raid on Mexican embassy". Associated Press. April 6, 2024.
  14. ^ "Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest the police raid on the Mexican Embassy there". Associated Press. April 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "Ecuadoreans give nod to tightened security amid persisting gang violence". Al Jazeera. April 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "¿Quiénes eran los militares que murieron en accidente de helicóptero en la Amazonía ecuatoriana?" (in Spanish). El Universo. April 27, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "Choque múltiple ocasiona una muerte y deja varios heridos en Machachi" (in Spanish). Vistazo.com. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  18. ^ "Ecuadorian lawmakers block indictment of vice president whom authorities accuse of collusion". Associated Press. June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  19. ^ "Rescuers find more victims after a landslide in Ecuador, rising the death toll to 8". AP News. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  20. ^ "Ecuador reinstates visa requirement for Chinese travelers". Reuters. June 18, 2024.
  21. ^ "Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, leaving 17 million in the dark". CNN. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  22. ^ "Ecuador. Inicia la preparación para el próximo Congreso Eucarístico Internacional" [Ecuador. Preparation begins for the next International Eucharistic Congress] (in Spanish). Vatican News. October 26, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  23. ^ "El músico Diego Gallardo falleció por una bala perdida en medio del caos de violencia en Guayaquil". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  24. ^ "Ecuador prosecutor investigating TV studio attack shot dead in his vehicle, attorney general says - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  25. ^ K.G. (2024-02-08). "A manos de sicarios murió Diana Carnero, concejal de Ecuador". www.vanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  26. ^ "Ha muerto la periodistan Jenny Estrada". La República EC (in Spanish). 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  27. ^ "Fallece Félix Aráuz, el 'artista de las caritas', a los 88 años". El Universo (in Spanish). 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  28. ^ "Ecuador Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

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