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Ecuador President Lasso survives bid to oust him amid unrest
short by Athira Sasidharan / on Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso survived an impeachment vote on Tuesday as the opposition lawmakers failed to gather enough votes in congress to oust him. The motion garnered 80 of the 92 votes needed to remove Lasso from office. The impeachment vote was initiated by the opposition lawmakers amid ongoing protests largely by indigenous demonstrators against high fuel and food prices.
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