Ecuadoran law provides workers (except members of the police, the military, and most public sector employees) with the right to form and join trade unions of their choice.
The law applies to all Ecuadoran women; however, indigenous and black women candidates for Congress have been scant (largely because many black and indigenous women are illiterate and stay confined to their communities).
About two-fifths of Ecuadoran women are economically active, but they are less of a presence than their counterparts in other South American countries.
Ecuadoran usage seems to prefer separate names for each of the branches and subbranches of the system.
Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadoran painter and sculptor whose art, especially his murals, usually reflected his leftist political leanings and his championship of the underprivileged (b. July 6 , 1919 Quito, Ecuador d. March 10 , 1999 Baltimore, Md ..
An array of Ecuadoran political parties draws strength from various regions, classes, ethnic groups, and professions.
The islands' human inhabitants, mostly Ecuadorans, live in settlements on San Cristóbal, Santa María, Isabela, and Santa Cruz islands; Baltra has an Ecuadoran military base.
Ecuadoran athlete and politician who served as president of Ecuador (1996 97).
Swedish authorities continued to pursue an investigation into the outstanding allegation of rape, however, and Assange remained within the Ecuadoran embassy in London.
Easter is an opportunity to eat fanesca, a soup that is virtually the Ecuadoran national dish.
The people of Quito, the Ecuadoran capital, claim that it was the scene of the first Ecuadoran patriot uprising against Spanish rule (1809).
