Ecuador's President Dissolves Congress to Avoid Impeachment.

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the country's legislature and moved to rule by decree, avoiding impeachment over embezzlement accusations. Lasso is applying a constitutional mechanism known as a muerte cruzada, allowing him to shut down the legislature while setting him on a path to give up office in about six months. The move could be the beginning of the end for one of the few remaining conservative heads of government in South America and is set to thrust the country into a period of political turmoil.