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María Fernanda Rivadeneira
María Fernanda Rivadeneira is an Ecuadorian lawyer who was elected as a counsellor of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control. Biography Rivadeneira was elected by a national vote to become one of the first seven elected to the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control. This body's activities includes the recognition of 150 national heroes. The members elected were Victoria Desintonio, Sofía Almeida, Rosa Chalá, José Carlos Tuárez, Walter Gómez, Christian Cruz and Rivadeneira. The announcement in May 2019 had taken 54 days and six candidates had been excluded for irregularities. Rivadeneira was sued for slander by the council's chair, Christian Cruz, and she was sentenced to six months in jail. On appeal the conviction was quoshed. On the 9 February 2022 Hernán Ulloa replaced Sofia Almeida as President of the CCPCS after the councillors decided that they preferred Ulloa. The other members were David Rosero, Javier Dávalos, Francisco Bravo (CPC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, 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 Province which contains the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's Capital city, capital is Quito and its largest city is Guayaquil. The land that comprises modern-day Ecuador was once home to several groups of Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, indigenous peoples that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was Spanish colonization of the Americas, colonized by the Spanish Empire during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as a sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |