Viviana Veloz, a left-wing legislator from the Citizen Revolution Movement, assumed the presidency of Ecuador’s National Assembly on Wednesday. The movement, led by former president Rafael Correa, gained control after Henry Kronfle’s resignation to pursue presidential candidacy in 2025. Kronfle, a member of the right-wing Social Christian Party, had been elected as Assembly president in […]
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