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Teleamazonas was created from the takeover of frequencies that belonged to HCJB-TV, owned by the HCJB radio ministry, in April 1972, to Antonio Granda Centeno. Experimental color broadcasts started in November 1973 under the new owner [1] and began regular broadcasts on February 22, 1974, as the first network with color television transmissions in Ecuador, positioning itself as the third ...
2023 Guayas earthquake. A strong earthquake struck southern Ecuador on 18 March 2023. [1] It measured 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale, and struck with a hypocenter 68.0 km (42.3 mi) deep. [1] The epicenter was located in the Gulf of Guayaquil, off the coast of Balao Canton and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Guayaquil. [2]
A series of protests against the economic policies of Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso, triggered by increasing fuel and food prices, began on 13 June 2022.Initiated by and primarily attended by Indigenous activists, in particular the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the protests have since been joined by students and workers who have also been affected by the ...
2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador. On 5 April 2024, the Mexican embassy in Quito was raided by Ecuadorian police and military forces. Mexico and numerous other countries decried the raid as a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum.
40.000 Daily. 78.000 Sunday. Website. elcomercio.com. El Comercio is a daily Ecuadorian newspaper in Quito. It covers news from inside and outside the country, although its focus is primarily on the former, especially on Quito, Guayaquil and occasionally Cuenca. It competes against El Universo for the largest print distribution in Ecuador.
Availability. Terrestrial. Digital VHF. Channel 8.1 (Quito) Channel 2.1 (Guayaquil) Ecuavisa is an Ecuadorian free-to-air television network that was launched on March 1, 1967 on Quito 's channel 8 and Guayaquil 's channel 2. It is one of the leading TV networks in the country. The channel has an international feed named Ecuavisa Internacional.
8 killed [7] more than 10,000 suspects detained [2][7][8][9][10][11] 21 civilians killed [2][12] Over 50 killed overall. On 9 January 2024, an armed conflict broke out in Ecuador involving the country's government against several organized crime groups, most notably the Los Choneros cartel. Reports of armed attacks throughout Guayaquil and ...
The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 26 km (16 mi) north of the center of Quito. The grounds contain the Monument to the Equator, which highlights the exact location of the Equator (from ...