Ecuador's President Dissolves Congress to Avoid Impeachment and Sparks Controversy.

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the National Assembly using a previously untried constitutional rule known as muerte cruzada ("mutual death") to avoid impeachment. He accused the National Assembly of having a "political project to destabilise the government, democracy and the state". Snap presidential and parliamentary elections will follow within 97 days. The standoff between Mr Lasso and the National Assembly is only the latest iteration of a power struggle between the executive and legislative branches, which has frequently destabilised Ecuadorean politics.