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The Ferrocarriles del Ecuador Empresa Pública (Ecuadorian Railways Company) is the national railway of Ecuador. The railway system was devised to connect the Pacific coast with the Andean highlands. After many decades of service the railway was severely damaged by heavy rainfall during the El Niño in 1997 and 1998 [ 1][ 2] and from general ...
Petroecuador is a state-owned enterprise, founded on September 26, 1989. In its conception, Petroecuador began as a fiscal agent; however, in time, it came to manage and operate most of the country's oil sector. [ 4] It is the successor to Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana (CEPE) which was formed in 1972. [ 5]
There were two military dictatorships in the country (1963–1966 and 1972–1979) before democracy returned with the election of Jaime Roldós Aguilera. From 1996 to 2005, 3 constitutional presidents were overthrown ( Abdalá Bucaram, Jamil Mahuad and Lucio Gutiérrez ). The left-wing populist government of Rafael Correa (2007–2017) has been ...
August 14, 2024 at 6:45 AM. The girl was accidentally hit by her mother on Monday, Aug. 12, after she dropped markers and pens by the side of her car. ABC Action News/Youtube. A photo of the ...
Ecuador's economy is the eighth largest in Latin America and experienced an average growth of 4.6% per year between 2000 and 2006. [ 71] In January 2009, the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) put the 2010 growth forecast at 6.88%. [ 72] GDP doubled between 1999 and 2007, reaching 65,490 million dollars according to BCE. [ 73]
The number of sexual assaults in the U.S. military is likely two to four times higher than government estimates, according to a new study out of Brown University. The study, completed by the Costs ...
According to industry estimates, between 33 and 66 percent of Internet users have broadband speeds between 2 and 3 Mbit/s, at a cost of $20 to $25 per month. In May 2012, the Superintendent of Telecommunications indicated that the overall average speed of an Internet connection in Ecuador is 128 kbit/s, although speeds are lower in rural areas.
"Estadísticas de la Semana" [Stats of the Week] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador. National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014 .