Ecuadorians will soon be headed to the urns to vote in their new president – the eighth in ten years.
Elections in October will see one of nine current candidates take office in the new government.
The country has a rocky political past and present, and its people are famed for bringing down presidents by taking to the streets en masse.
The dramatic moments in which the Tungurahua volcano erupted on August 16 2006 were captured on video. See the footage here:
On August 16 Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano erupted, producing the most dramatic scenes recorded since volcanic activity resumed in 1999.
An 8km plume of ash rose into the air and later buried surrounding towns. At least five people have died, and many more are reported missing.
Seven Ecuadorians have died and two remain missing after a boat carrying them towards the United States sank in the Pacific Ocean.
The victims were thought to be heading to the United States, possibly via Guatemala. Their bodies washed up on Santa Rosa beach in Ecuador.
The incident is the latest in a tragic series of drownings that have occurred when boats overcrowded with migrants are caught in storms at sea.
Dozens of Ecuadorians are expected to descend on Kennington Park, central London on Sunday August 20 for the Latin Summer UK festival.
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