
Ecuadorian president invokes 'nuclear option,' disbands legislature after attempted ouster
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Embattled Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, one of Latin America's only conservative leaders, has disbanded the nation's legislature after it attempted to remove him from office.
"This is the best possible decision," he said after describing his move as a way to give Ecuadorians "the power to decide their future in the next elections."
Armed soldiers then surrounded the National Assembly in the capital. Lasso had been locked in a showdown with legislators who wanted to impeach him for not stopping a deal between the state-owned oil transport company and a private tanker company, accusations he denies.
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