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The Republic of Ecuador was constituted May 11, 1830, in consequence of a civil war which separated the members of the original Republic of Colombia, founded by Simon Bolivar, by uniting the Presidency of Quito to the Vice-Royalty of New Grenada, and the Captaincy-General of Venezuela, when they threw off the Spanish yoke. A Boundary Treaty was concluded between Peru and Ecuador on the 2nd of May, 1890, and sanctioned by the Ecuadorian Congress, but it still lacks ratification by Peru (September 10, 1891). By its Constitution, dating 1884, with modifications in 1887, the executive is vested in a President, elected for the term of four years, while the legislative power is given to a Congress of two Houses; the first consisting of two senators for each province (chosen for four years, one-half retiring every two years), and the second of deputies, on the basis of one deputy for every 30,000 inhabitants, chosen for two years; both elected by adults who can read and write and are Roman Catholics. The Congress meets on the 10th of June of every other year at Quito, the capital and seat of the Government, without being summoned by the Government. The election of the President takes place in a direct manner by the people, and that of the Vice-President, whose term of office is also four years, by the same procedure, but two years after that of the President, so that he is a member of two distinct administrations.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Ecuador
1. Official Publications
Report by Consul Chambers on the Trade and Commerce of Guayaquil and Ecuador in 1891, in No. 992 and No. 1135, of ‘Diplomatie and Consular Reports.’ London, 1892.
Report by Mr. Haggard on Ecuador for 1891–92, in No. 1146 of ‘ Diplomatic and Consular Reports.’ London, 1893.
Report on the Mineral Resources and New Mining Law of Ecuador. No. 262, of Foreign Office “Reports on Subjects of General and Commercial Interest.” London, 1892.
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2. Non-Official Publications
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Keltie, J.S. (1893). Ecuador. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253223_18
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