Tag: Guillermo Lasso

• Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 09:31 UTC

  Ecuador's president takes a gamble with a multi-item referendum

  

  The Ecuadorian Government of President Guillermo Lasso will seek Sunday to revamp an administration with waning popularity through a referendum whereby the citizenry is to allegedly set the guidelines for the future steps of the conservative head of state.

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• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Presidents Petro and Lasso deepen Ecuador-Colombia cooperation

  

  Presidents Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia Tuesday launched the XI Binational Cabinet between the two countries to jointly develop “a work agenda to strengthen relations between the two nations,” according to a statement from Quito.

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• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Pope welcomes Ecuadorian President, calls for no more deaths in Peru

  

  The Argentine-born Pope Francis welcomed Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso at the Vatican during the weekend to discuss indigenous issues and other matters concerning South America. Last week, the Catholic leader also held a meeting with Paraguay's Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

  Ecuadorian President skipping Celac Summit

  

  Less than a week before the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit is to be held in Buenos Aires, the President of Ecuador announced he shall not be attending the event hosted by the country holding the pro-tempore presidency of the bloc.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 06:57 UTC

  Ecuador expects to ink a wide ranging free trade agreement with China

  

  Ecuador has reached a free trade agreement with China which is expected to increase the country's exports by a billion US dollars as well as boost the growth in the industrial sector, it was announced.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Biden, Lasso discuss deepening bilateral ties between US and Ecuador

  

  US President Joseph Biden Monday told his Ecuadorian colleague Guillermo Lasso at the White House that his country was interested in strengthening ties with one of its staunchest South American allies.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  At least 53 arrested in violence-torn Ecuador

  

  At least 53 people have been arrested in Ecuador following a wave of drug trafficking attacks Tuesday in the coastal cities of Guayaquil, Durán, and Esmeraldas.

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Ecuador Legislative overwhelmingly votes in support of Argentina's claims

  

  Ecuador's one House Legislative Assembly overwhelmingly voted on Wednesday in support of Argentina and “its battle in defense of Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands, and adjoining maritime and insular spaces”, which according to the Argentine ministry of foreign affairs, “are illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom”.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Ecuador sacks Interior Minister over police officer wife's murder scandal

  

  Ecuador's Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo has been sacked by President Guillermo Lasso after the official was linked to a case of femicide, it was reported in Quito. Colonel Juan Zapata has been appointed as the new Minister of Interior.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Ecuador: Terrorist act leaves 5 dead and many others in critical condition

  

  A bombing in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil has left at least five people dead and some 20 others injured, in what the government believes to be the doings of organized crime groups.