Guillermo Lasso

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Guillermo Lasso, current president of Ecuador, won the 2021 elections in the second round against Andrés Arauz with over 52 percent of the general votes. Nonetheless, after only two years the presidential term of Lasso was stained with corruption, organized crime, and general insecurity.

The approval rate of the president presented a steep decline going from over 33 percent in March 2022 to lower than 14 percent as of May 2023.


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Guillermo Lasso

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Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who has served as the 47th president of Ecuador since 24 May 2021. On May 17 2023, Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by invoking a constitutional measure known as Muerte cruzada, triggering the 2023 general election, in which he is not running.

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Guillermo Lasso, a conservative former banker, won the 2021 presidential election but quickly clashed with the left-wing majority in the National Assembly. In May 2023, he dissolved the Assembly by decree to avoid impeachment over allegations of failing to intervene to stop a faulty contract between the state-owned oil transport company and a private tanker company.
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for 60 days following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, 2023.
Guillermo Lasso, President of Ecuador, declared that the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio was a political crime amounting to terrorism and that he had no doubt that the assassination was an attempt to sabotage the electoral process.

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Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
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