Quito, Jun 2 (EFE).- President Guillermo Lasso said Friday that he will not be a candidate in the early general election triggered by his decision last month to dissolve the legislature. “Today, after profound reflection, I wish to tell you that I will not accept the nomination for the presidency of the republic for the …
Yaku Perez, indigenous leader and anti-mining activist, made official yesterday, Thursday, his pre-candidacy for the Presidency of Ecuador in the early general elections to be held next August 20 in the country.
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Quito, May 18 (EFE).- A day after President Guillermo Lasso shocked Ecuadorians by dissolving the legislature, enacting rule-by-decree, and calling for elections half-way through his term, the country sought to make sense of the new political landscape. The right-wing billionaire’s decision to invoke a legal mechanism known as “muerte cruzada” (mutual death) put an end …