Ecuador: crime and power struggles bring a democracy to the brink of the abyss
By Derian Delgado On Wednesday, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the country’s legislature (17). This is the head of state’s way of escaping impeachment proceedings, which he was in danger of losing. He invoked a previously untested constitutional provision known as “muerte cruzada,” or “cross death,” which allows the president to dismiss legislators and rule […]