Ecuador: President Lasso faces no-confidence vote as protests continue
By DW
28 June 2022 |
7:32 am
Protests led by Indigenous groups have continued for nearly two weeks, as parliament begins a no-confidence vote against President Guillermo Lasso. The state of emergency imposed in some parts has been repealed.
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