January 30 – The presidential airplane with Lenín Moreno and other high-ranking official on-board was delayed for emergency repairs as it took off from the airport in Washington, D.C. The officials had been in the United States since January 24; the trip had originally been planned for early January but was postponed due to political instability in the U.S.[2]
February 11 – Groups of indigenous people mobilize in Quito in support of the presidential candidate Yaku Pérez and call for a recount. Economist Andrés Arauz is in first place with 32.64%, right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso has obtained 19.70%, and left-wing environmental lawyer Pérez has 19.46% of the votes counted.[5] Early results showed Arauz and Pérez in first and second place, respectively.[6][7][8]
February 13 – Presidential candidates agree to 100% recount of votes in Guayas Province and a 50% recount in 16 other provinces.[9]
February 21 – The Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) declares that Andrés Arauz of the Unión por la Esperanza alliance had 3,033,753 votes (32.72%) and Guillermo Lasso of Creando Oportunidades (CREO), had 1,830,045 votes (19,74%) in the recent election. Yaku Pérez of Pachakutik was in third place with 1,797,445 votes (19,39%).[10]
March 10 – Ecuador condemns Argentine President Alberto Fernández's statements about Lenín Moreno as interference in their affairs. When asked about his relationship with vice president Cristina Kirchner, Fernandez replied, “Yo no soy Lenín Moreno. Los que imaginaron eso no me conocen” (“I am not Lenín Moreno. Those who imagine otherwise do not know me").[15]
March 28 – Customs officials decommission 185 baby Galápagos tortoises being sent to the mainland.[16]
April 11 – Second round of the presidential election[6]
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10 January – Paco Álvarez Moreira [es], radio personality and journalist (born 1954).[21]
