Quito

There are many reasons why I need this scholarship. The biggest reason is financial. With this scholarship I can be the first in my family graduate college and the first male in my neighborhood to complete college. My parents and I don’t have the money for me to study freely and creatively. Even though my dad works every day and night as a truck driver, it is not enough to support the family. My mom doesn’t work because she takes care of my baby brother. As my family struggles my 16 year old…

telling people. The thing with the bullies was that they would push him and laugh at him and make fun of his legs. The thing about telling people is that he did not want people to laugh at him, and not be his friend, or be rude so he just tried to stay quito about it (Kiell 59). Glenn was dealing with the disability since he was a children and going to church. The problem is when he first got the burnes was the doctor said he is not going to live but he did as he is a world record breaker (Lobb…

all times of the year. The Amazon is located to the east of the Andes and covers over half the country. Ecuador’s Population as of 2017 is currently 16,625,776. Some of the tourist attractions that Ecuador has are the following; Galapagos Island, Quito, Guayaquil, Montañita, Cuenca, Cotopaxi. The most famous one is Galapagos Island; has a wide variety of animals it attracts about thousands of people from around the globe due to its weather, animals, and location close to the equator making it a…

continuing North, he sent General Antonio Jose de Sucre, who led his soldiers to many victories. The Battle of Bombona allowed Sucre to be able to continue his victories But most importantly secured Bolivar’s army victory by blocking Spanish aid reaching Quito. On May 24th 1822 Sucre and Bolivar assemble in the slopes of Pinchincha volcano and captured the Spanish fort of Panecillo, this victory allowed Bolivar to proclaim the fundamental law of Colombia in Ecuador and assigned General Sucre as…

representative democratic republic located in the western corner at the top of the South American Continent bordered by Colombia, Peru, and the Pacific Ocean. The city of Guayaquil is the most compacted city in Ecuador. Followed is the country’s capital, Quito. The historic center of Cuenca, “the third-largest city in the country in size and economically, was also declared a World Heritage Site in 1999 as an outstanding example of a planned, inland Spanish-style colonial city in the Americas.…

Spanish Colonies: Negotiating Hierarchy: European visitors had the desire to mix the Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians in the colonies. Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa traveled to major cities of the Pacific coast of South America, and described Quito, and the ethnic mix in the capital. Alonso Carrio de…

e crux of the issue began in 1986 when then, Conoco Inc. entered into an agreement with the government of Ecuador to explore for oil in Block 16. Block 16 was a 500,000-acre area of untouched rainforest in the Amazon Forest (Wasserstrom, R., & Reider, S., 1997, August 18). Conoco’s plan included prospecting for oil and if oil was found to build two more tributary pipelines to tie into the already existing Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE). Their plans also included a 120 km road that was…

Sucre's army moved into present-day Ecuador, freeing towns and cities as it went. On May 24, 1822, Sucre squared off against the largest royalist force in Ecuador. They fought on the muddy slopes of Pichincha Volcano, within sight of Quito. The Fight of Pichincha was a great victory for Sucre and the patriots, who forever drove the Spanish from Ecuador. Bolivar left Santander in charge of Gran Colombia and headed south to meet up with Sucre. On July 26-27, Bolivar met with Jose de San…

movements carried out these objectives through events like the grape boycott in North America; the Aymara uprising in September 2000 in Bolivia; and successive uprisings in Ecuador (Zibechi, 18). “They came together and remain united in the ‘taking of Quito,’ and do not even dissolve or disperse in the mass marches; they stay cohesive and return to their zone, where they continue to maintain collective life” (Zibechi, 18). The non-violent direct action movements even shunned hierarchy and…

By that time I decided to challenge myself and I started learning it online. The results were outstanding, a couple months after, I was able to speak properly, and when I decided to take a placement test at Alliance Française-Quito I was sent directly to level 10 out of 15, proving that when I want something I get…