Guillermo Lasso's Tricky Year

Latin America in Focus

English - April 08, 2022 13:17 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★ - 58 ratings
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One year ago, Guillermo Lasso beat the odds to capture Ecuador’s presidency. After some early successes, Lasso finds himself struggling to work with a fragmented Congress, as security problems mount. What’s the path forward for the business-friendly leader? Paolo Moncagatta of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito explains Lasso’s options.

See AS/COA’s Brazil elections poll tracker: https://bit.ly/3v2H2NU

The music featured in this podcast is Santiago Del Curto "Three Smiles for Tracey" by A. Hailstork for Americas Society. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/UeAaxFk-LrE

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