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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 ...
The Court was created as part of Ecuador's 1996 constitutional reform package. It is composed of nine magistrates. The Court has been affected by Ecuador's recent political crises. In 2005, President Lucio Gutiérrez manipulated his party's modest advantage in Congress to replace numerous justices, including eight of nine members of the Court . [1]
The Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador ('Ecuadorian Workers Confederation', abbreviated CTE) is a trade union centre in Ecuador. CTE was founded on July 9, 1944, on the initiative of the Communist Party of Ecuador. The organization was awarded legal recognition on March 3, 1945. CTE is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade ...
Hoy, a daily publication in Ecuador, was published physically from June 7, 1982, until August 26, 2014, and from then onwards digitally. [1] Its editorial office is located in Quito, and it is currently published simultaneously in Guayaquil in electronic format. It was created by Jaime Mantilla Anderson, according to whom it was the first ...
La Manga del Cura: In a referendum held on 27 September 2015, 64.2% of the voters voted in favor of La Manga del Cura being incorporated into the Manabí Province. [5] El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017. [6] Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017 [7]
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 .
Ecuadorian nationality is regulated by the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador and the Naturalization Law of 1976 (Spanish: Ley de Naturalización de 1976). [1] Some articles of the Naturalization Law of 1976 conflict with the 2008 Constitution, however Article 424 of the constitution establishes that it prevails over any other legal orders.
The cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. The cantons are further subdivided into parishes , which are classified as either urban or rural. As of 2025, there are 222 cantons in the country.