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Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso, facing a looming impeachment vote, dissolved parliament this week, a move observers warned could worsen the crisis in the Latin American country that is currently dealing with a deteriorating security situation, CNN reported. The conservative leader invoked a constitutional procedure known as...

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The World Briefly

May 11, 2023

Quagmire

Ecuador

Ecuadoran lawmakers voted this week to begin an impeachment trial against conservative President Guillermo Lasso, a move many analysts said could set off a political crisis in the Latin American nation, the Washington Post reported. The vote marks the first time an Ecuadoran president has been...

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The World Briefly

March 22, 2023

Killing the Messengers

Ecuador

Ecuadorian authorities began investigating a series of letter bombs addressed to TV and radio stations this week, an act officials and press advocates have described as “an absolutely clear message to silence journalists,” CBS News reported. Interior Minister Juan Zapata said the letter bombs were sent...

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The World Briefly

February 08, 2023

Posthumous Victory

Ecuador

A mayoral candidate in Ecuador, who was gunned down hours before polls opened, won the elections in the western city of Puerto López this week, even as the murder underscores the rising tide of crime in the South American nation, the BBC reported Tuesday. On Saturday,...

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Need to Know

February 02, 2023

Murder, and Other Disasters

Ecuador

Under the conservative government of President Guillermo Lasso, Ecuador’s economy grew 3.2 percent last year, inflation today is relatively low compared with the region, employers have hired 500,000 people and 750,000 fewer Ecuadorians now live in poverty. In an interview with the Washington Post, Lasso said...

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Need to Know

September 06, 2022

Pinned Down

Ecuador

Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, managed to drag his country out of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, however, he might be too embattled on two fronts to solve the other major problems facing his South American country. On the one hand, he is trying to put a lid...

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The World Briefly

August 19, 2022

Collateral Damage

Ecuador

Ecuadorian authorities arrested a suspect connected to a deadly weekend blast in the port city of Guayaquil, an explosion that marked an escalation of gang violence in the South American country, Agence France-Presse reported this week. On Sunday, five people died and 17 others were injured...

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The World Briefly

June 27, 2022

Blinking

Ecuador

Ecuador lifted a state of emergency in six provinces over the weekend amid an Indigenous-led nationwide strike that has blocked the country’s capital from receiving food and other supplies, the Associated Press reported. President Guillermo Lasso ended the state of emergency following a Saturday meeting between...

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