2020 in Ecuador
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Events in the year 2020 in Ecuador.
Incumbents
Events
- February 3 – President Lenin Moreno apologizes after saying women only file harassment claims when "they come from an ugly person" on January 31.[1]
- February 20 - The national electoral tribunal ruled that Evo Morales was ineligible to run for Senate.[2]
- April 1 – Guayaquil, Guayas Province, reports 60 deaths and 1,937 confirmed cases of COVID-19, one of the highest figures in the world.[3]
- April 7 – Former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017) and vice president Jorge Glas were sentenced to eight years in prison for bribery during the period 2012-2016. The accusations are related to the Odebrecht company.[4]
Sports
- 24 July to 9 August – Ecuador is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (Rescheduled for August 2021)
Deaths
- 6 January – Oswaldo Larriva, academic and politician (b. 1946).[5]
- April 3 – Omar Quintana, 76, politician and sports executive, president of C.S. Emelec; COVID-19[6]
- April 5 – Carlos González-Artigas, 72, businessman; COVID-19[7]
References
- ^ Ecuador's president apologizes for saying women only "target" ugly men for harassment claims By Flora Charner and Abel Alvarado, CNN World, 3 Feb 2020
- ^ Ramos, Daniel; Jourdan, Adam (February 20, 2020). Maler, Sanda (ed.). "Bolivia electoral body blocks Morales senate run". Reuters.
Salvador Romero, the head of the country's electoral tribunal, told reporters that Morales did not meet the requirements to be a Senate candidate for his Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, which is currently leading in the polls.
- ^ Coronavirus in Ecuador: the Guayaquil drama, which has more deaths from COVID-19 than entire countries and fights against the clock to give them a decent burial (in Spanish) BBC Mundo, 1 Apr 2020
- ^ Former President Correa is sentenced to 8 years in prison for the bribery case 2012-2016 (in Spanish) BBC Noticas Mundo, 7 Apr 2020
- ^ "Oswaldo Larriva, exgobernador de Azuay, fallece a los 74 años". elcomercio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ Falleció Omar Quintana, expresidente de Emelec (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció Carlos González, presidente ejecutivo de La Fabril, falleció en Guayaquil, con sospecha de covid-19 (in Spanish)