Ecuador Wins Third Place in Military Pentathlon World Championship

August 22, 2012

Nine athletes from the delegation led by Major General Jorge Peña, President of the Ecuadorian Military Sport Federation, including three women belonging to the Army, Navy and Airforce, received third place on August 19 in the LIX Military Pentathlon World Championships in Lahti, Finland, where they competed against 32 countries, including China and Russia.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Ecuador Wins Third Place in Military Pentathlon World Championship

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