Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso on Tuesday accepted the resignations of four Cabinet members, the government said, just days after protests against the cost of living ended.
Ecuadoran ministers of the economy, Simon Cueva, health, Ximena Garzon, transport and public works, Marcelo Cabrera, and higher education, Alejandro Ribadeneira, have all left their posts.
Lasso thanked Cueva “for his loyal and valiant services in the exercise of his functions,” a statement from the presidency said.
The statement did not give any reasons for the resignations.
A spokesperson for the Ecuadoran Ministry of Economy and Finance told reporters that Cueva had made the decision to resign “a