Dozens of families had to climb to the roof of what was left of their homes to protect themselves from the water after the floods left by heavy rains. At least 500 people were evacuated and more than 11,000 affected in the province of Emerald, in Ecuador. Desperate to escape, the families demand humanitarian aid … Read more
The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced that he will not stand for re-election in the extraordinary general elections, whose first round will be held on August 20. Lasso had initially postponed the decision, after using the figure of ‘cross death’ at a time when Parliament was preparing to dismiss him for alleged embezzlement. In … Read more
A week after he applied the ‘cross death’, the president of equatorialr, William Lassodefended his controversial decision during his last annual report as head of state, which he presented this Wednesday. According to Lasso, with the dissolution of the National Assembly hill “a long chapter of deinstitutionalization and abuse of powerled by political sectors that … Read more
Ecuadorians must go to the polls on August 20 to elect president and 137 deputies in early elections after the dissolution of Congress, informed this Wednesday, May 24, the National Electoral Council (CNE). A week ago, President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the unicameral National Assembly making use of its constitutional power, which contemplates early elections to … Read more
At least six people were killed and the same number wounded after gunmen opened fire on a restaurant in the tourist town of Montañita, on Ecuador’s Pacific coast, reported the prosecution this Sunday. From its Twitter account, the entity announced that it is investigating “an armed attack at a food outlet (…) which caused the … Read more
at the wake of Andres Agustin Moreira Cedeno, a municipal transit agent, four people were killed and eight others were injured—including two children—in Manta, Ecuador. The police chief, Patrick Almendarizreported that five subjects would have carried out the attack at point blank range with long and short weapons. After the event, the individuals would have … Read more
Evo Morales spoke about the dissolution of the National Assembly of Ecuador after President Guillermo Lasso signed the constitutional figure of ‘cross death’. For the former Bolivian president, the closure of the Ecuadorian Parliament shows a “double standard” on the part of the ruler, since he criticized at the time Pedro Castillo for doing “the … Read more
quit. EFE The president of Ecuador, the conservative Guillermo Lasso, resorted this Wednesday in the middle of a political trial against him to the constitutional tool of the “cross death”, by which he dissolves the National Assembly (Parliament), with an opposition majority, and advances the general elections. When he was about to reach the middle … Read more
Ecuador woke up this Wednesday the 17th with a surprising decree issued by its president, William Lassoin which applied the call “cross death”, a mechanism that contemplates its Constitution as a way out of a governance crisis. However, this would not be the most turbulent episode in his history. Between 1997 and 2007, Ecuador had … Read more
Following the announcement of the closure of the National Assembly by the President of Ecuador, William Lassothe authorities will have a maximum date next wednesday may 24 to call new elections in his country. This was announced by National Electoral Council (CNE) after publication in the official register of the Executive Decree 741which activated the … Read more
