Quito in a sentence

The Shyris and the Kingdom of Quito The existence of the Kingdom of Quito was formed by the Quitus, the Puruhaes and Cañari who inhabited the Andean regions of Ecuador by that time.

A combination picture shows Ecuadorean presidential candidates Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa attending an event, in Quito, Ecuador October 12, 2023.

Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been killed at an event in Quito.

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito.

Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) President Diana Atamaint Thursday said the snap elections could be held on Aug. 20 with a possible runoff on Oct. 15, it was reported in Quito.

Leaks also come from from pipelines—some 10 to 15 per month, according to a recent University of Quito study.

Mykel Quito led all scorers with 19 points.

Of these, 64 are endemic to the country and one species of hummingbird is exclusively endemic to the area, the Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis), the emblematic bird of Quito, a city where another 55 hummingbird species live.

Project leader Raaijmakers has been working closely with Pieter van 't Hof and Gonzalo Rivas-Torres from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador to make the search for the different species of giant daisy possible.

QUITO — Ecuador’s state oil company, Petroecuador, said on Saturday that it was losing an estimated 3,500 barrels of crude oil a day due to “vandalism” at two of its blocks, referring to recent Indigenous protests at the site.

Quito is also a place for adventure.

Six people have been detained by police in connection with the assassination after raids in Quito, they added.

That was how the Quito family learned that goat was a popular ingredient in many African dishes.

Villavicencio, a 59-year-old anticorruption campaigner, was shot as he left a campaign stop in Quito, days ahead of the August 20 general elections.

Glas, already twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested on Friday after a raid by police on Mexico’s Quito embassy, where he had been living since December.

In August, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down as he was leaving a campaign rally in the capital, Quito.

Last month, the attorney general’s office said five suspects accused of involvement in the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was gunned down in Quito ahead of the election, would go on trial.

Protestors outside a school denouncing a reported case of sexual violence against a student, in Quito, Ecuador, November 2022.

Quito has faced a barrage of criticism over its shock raid on Mexico’s embassy in the capital to seize graft-accused former Ecuadoran vice president Jorge Glas, who just hours early had been granted political asylum.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency on Friday over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the South American country.