Guillermo Lasso

QUITO, June 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador's National Assembly late on Tuesday voted to remove its head, Guadalupe Llori, a close ally of President Guillermo Lasso, accusing her of failing to perform her duties and appointing one of her deputies in her stead. The move was supported by 81 of the...

WASHINGTON, November 29, 2021 – Today, World Bank Group President David Malpass met virtually with President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador. President Malpass congratulated President Lasso on Ecuador’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign and underscored the WBG’s support to fighting child malnutrition. President Malpass and President Lasso held positive discussions on the broader...

THE PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR, GUILLERMO LASSO, GAVE ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS DECLARATIONS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE MARINE SPECIES. GLASGOW, United Kingdom, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced the declaration of a new marine reserve for the Galapagos Islands today in Glasgow, Scotland, during the most relevant climate change event in front of the most important world leaders. The aforesaid announcement is closely related to Ecuador's commitment to reaching 30% of marine protection by 2030, on the brink of a new treaty to protect the planet during the Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations.

MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Entering the room is Mr. Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador; and Secretary Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America. (Applause.) PRESIDENT LASSO: (Via interpreter) I want to express a warm welcome to Secretary of State of the United States,...

NEW YORK CITY, September 22, 2021—This morning, World Bank Group President David Malpass met with President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador. President Malpass congratulated President Lasso on Ecuador’s successful COVID-19 vaccinations efforts – including joint efforts from the government and private sector – and affirmed the World Bank Group’s commitment to further support Ecuador’s pandemic response.

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Saturday appealed to the Cuban government to “begin a democratic process” in favor of the victims on the Caribbean island. “I call on the Cuban government to launch a democratic process to end this situation,” Lazo said in a Twitter profile on Saturday, affecting the people of the Caribbean who oppose the regime.

Moderator: Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Media Hub of the Americas in Miami, Florida. I would like to welcome our participants who have dialed in from the United States and across the region. This is an on-the-record press briefing with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Julie Chung, and National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere, Juan Gonzalez.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Former banker Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as president of Ecuador on Monday, saying he will escalate efforts to vaccinate people to protect them from COVID-19 and work to revive an economy hit hard by the pandemic. So far, Ecuador has vaccinated just 3% of the...

Conservative Ecuadorean president Guillermo Lasso took office on Monday promising to revive an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic and create jobs for a population weary from years of painful austerity measures. The 65-year-old former banker in April beat out socialist economist Andres Arauz, who had promised to restore the...

Guillermo Lasso has been sworn in as Ecuador's president. The 65-year-old conservative former banker defeated left-wing rival Andrés Arauz in a closely fought run-off election on 11 April. He has taken up office amid one of the worst economic crises ever to confront the Andean nation, which is still grappling...