How the international media present the cross of the dead in Ecuador

The dead cross (Dissolution of Parliament), the decree issued by William Lasso on the morning of this Wednesday, May 17, before a scenario of serious political turmoil, It allows the president to continue to rule by decree until an estimated time of between 4 and 6 monthswhile the National Assembly is immediately dissolved and the National Electoral Council prepares early elections for the remainder of the management period.

This measure, which ends the political process that sought his resignation for the alleged crime of speculationhas generated numerous reactions from international media.

Diary The countryoriginally from Spain, was one of the first to present the news with the headline: Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso dissolves parliament to prevent his possible resignation.

In his text, El País assures that Lasso has been “cornered” and that “in recent days he had been negotiating votes among the opposition so that the impeachment process would not go ahead, but he feared that at the last minute the pressure for his resignation would be elderly”.

Diary The nationfrom Argentina, headlined the news “Crisis in Ecuador: During the impeachment trial against him, Guillermo Lasso dissolved parliament and called early elections”. According to the lyric, “Lasso finally gave in to pressure that suggested this was the right way out of the political crisis Ecuador is going through.”

Peru’s trade also reigned. “President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved Congress and brought forward elections in Ecuador”reads the headline of the news that appears on the front page of the newspaper’s website.

The New York Timeswrote the American newspaper this morning: Ecuador’s president dissolves congress amid impeachment.

“Ecuador has long been a relatively safe haven in the region, but has seen an increase in violence and a skyrocketing murder rate in recent years as increasingly powerful drug gangs vie for territory,” wrote The New York Times.

The text states that Lasso “has faced growing criticism and calls for his removal from community groups in the face of rising crime, extortion, kidnapping and theft”. According to the outlet, the move “also threatens to undermine the country’s democracy”.

CNN, the American television channel presents live updates on what is happening in the country on its website, under the headline: “Political crisis in Ecuador: this is the country after the Lasso decree”.

The outlet recalled that “in April — before he headed down the road to impeachment — Lasso had told CNN he did not want to announce the measure in order not to lose the country’s stability.”.

According to CNN, it’s a crucifixion “a politically tense move that could spark protests in a country already facing a fragile security situation”.