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Guillermo Lasso distances himself from the idea of ​​”crossed death,” for now

Published on November 01, 2021

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Update to: Lasso threatens Assembly with the “muerte cruzada,” or cross death Published: Volume 6, Issue 2 The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, will leave the idea of ​​a cross-death in the Constitution “for the moment” and will choose the route of “dialogue” to carry out his bills. “Let us leave […]

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