2018 in Ecuador explained

Events in the year 2018 in Ecuador.

Incumbents

• President

Lenín Moreno

• Vice President

Jorge Glas (until 3 January); María Alejandra Vicuña (from 3 January until 4 December); Otto Sonnenholzner (from 11 December)

Events

2018 attacks on the northern border of Ecuador

• 4 February  - the Ecuadorian referendum and popular consultation, 2018

Sports

• 9 to 25 February  - Ecuador participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

Deaths

• 26 January  - José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).^[1]
• 22 February  - Euler Granda, poet and psychiatrist (b. 1935)
• 19 March  - Nicolás Kingman Riofrío, journalist, writer and politician (b. 1918)
• 19 June  - Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, musician (b. 1935).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: metroecuador.com . Fallece en Ecuador José Gabriel Díaz Cueva, obispo emérito de Azogues . es . 29 January 2018 .
2. Web site: eltelegrafo.com.ec . Adiós a "Don Medardo", un ícono de la música nacional . 19 June 2018 . es . 21 June 2018 .