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Ecuador is one of the 10 largest producers in the world of banana, cocoa and palm oil. [29]In 2018, the country produced 7.5 million tons of sugarcane, 6.5 million tons of banana (6th largest producer in the world), 2.7 million tons of palm oil (6th largest producer in the world), 1.3 million tons of maize, 1.3 million tons of rice, 269 thousand tons of potato, 235 thousand tons of cocoa (7th ...
The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the unicameral legislature of Ecuador. It replaced the National Congress in 2009 following reforms under the 2008 Constitution. [1] Within Ecuador, the National Assembly has the power to pass laws, while appointment of judges to the National Court of Justice is done by a separate Judicial ...
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín was born in Miami, Florida, on 30 November 1987 [16] [17] however, he was raised in Guayaquil. [18] [19] [20] He is the son of Ecuadorians Álvaro Noboa, businessman, and Anabella Azín, physician.
The politics of Ecuador are multi-party. [1] The central government polity is a quadrennially elected presidential , unicameral representative democracy . The President of Ecuador is head of state and head of the army on a multi-party system , and leads a cabinet with further executive power .
Ecuador's post-independence economy relied on a system of peonage by natives on lands of the plantation owners. The economy remained reliant on cash crops. It was subject to fluctuations corresponding with the international market, and instability was common. By the 1950s bananas had replaced cocoa beans as Ecuador's main export crop.
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
The Supreme Council of Government (Spanish: Consejo Supremo de Gobierno) was a military junta which, de facto, exercised the role of head of state and head of government of the Republic of Ecuador from 1976 to 1979, being considered the last military dictatorship in the history of Ecuador.