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Quito, Ecuador: President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly just as it prepared to impeach him, using a constitutional measure known as “muerte cruzada.” The move terminates both the legislature and Lasso’s own term, triggering new presidential and legislative elections within six months. Lasso claims the leftist-dominated Assembly threatened democracy; opponents call this a power grab.