Lasso sends freedom of expression bill to Ecuador’s Assembly to end ‘gag law’
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador's new president, Guillermo Lasso, sent this Tuesday to the National Assembly his promised project...
May 26, 2021Section
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Lasso begins his term with bilateral meeting with US and Venezuelan opposition leader
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The new president of Ecuador, conservative Guillermo Lasso, began his administration on Tuesday with a...
May 25, 2021
Conservative Guillermo Lasso sworn in as Ecuador’s new president
The businessman, banker, and center-right politician Guillermo Lasso was sworn in Monday as the new president of Ecuador for the...
May 24, 2021
Guillermo Lasso will promote oil production, mining and privatizations in Ecuador
The president-elect of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, who will be sworn in this Monday, anticipated that his administration will bet on...
May 24, 2021
King of Spain Felipe VI highlights relations with Ecuador on the eve of the change of command
The King of Spain, Felipe VI, highlighted Sunday the "magnificent" relations that his country maintains with Ecuador on the eve...
May 24, 2021
Ecuador adds 1,011 cases of Covid-19 and accumulates 418,851 contagions
Ecuador added this Sunday 1,011 cases of covid-19 and accumulated 418,851 infections so far in the pandemic, whose first record...
May 23, 2021
Uruguayan president cancels trip to Lasso’s inauguration in Ecuador after minister’s death
The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, suspended the trip to Ecuador that he had planned this Sunday for the...
May 23, 2021
Chile and USA are vaccination champions, but the Americas are global laggards
Immunization is advancing unstoppably in Chile and the United States, which have already vaccinated more than 60% of their citizens...
May 21, 2021
Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso, to prosper politically, must contend with powerful Correa legacy
Union for Hope (UNES), the progressive alliance that backs Correaism, is the main opposition force to the government in Ecuador...
May 21, 2021