“Today we woke up in peace and with the certainty that better days are coming for everyone.”
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Guillermo Lasso
Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023.
politics · President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023 · politician · banker · president · sociologist · also Guillermo Lasso, Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza, Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, Lasso
Born 16 November 1955 · Q4414537
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“Today, you have resolved that this be so.”
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“to the construction of a national project that continues to listen to everyone, because this project will be yours.”
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“s Silent Revolution, a series of reforms implemented by the former Prime Minister of Spain. On foreign trade, he has said that he favours a greater opening of trade with Ecuador”
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“armed forces and police will be felt with force in the streets because we are decreeing a state of emergency throughout the national territory”
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La Prensa Ecuador: Becas Guillermo Lasso Mendoza 2026: requisitos y ¿cómo postular?
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expreso.ec: Una nueva oportunidad para estudiar una maestría: así son las becas Guillermo Lasso Mendoza
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expreso.ec: Programa de becas de Guillermo Lasso abre nueva convocatoria para maestrías: aquí todos los detalles
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Vistazo: Programa de becas de Guillermo Lasso financiará maestrías en Ecuador: ¿cuáles son los requisitos?
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Diario La Hora: Se abre postulación para el Programa de Becas Guillermo Lasso hasta el 21 de agosto de 2026
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Vistazo: Guillermo Lasso lanza la segunda edición de su programa de becas para maestrías en Ecuador
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Teleamazonas: Segunda edición de becas Guillermo Lasso Mendoza: Requisitos y fechas para aplicar a maestrías
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eldiario.ec: Segunda edición de becas Guillermo Lasso financiará hasta USD 14.000 para maestrías en Ecuador
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primicias.ec: Rafael Correa admite acuerdo con Creo y PSC en 2021: 'Lasso estaba entusiasmadísimo, Nebot es más experimentado'
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While endorsing the idea that CREO should run a presidential candidate in 2025
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Amid calls for his impeachment, Lasso's administration had an approval rating of 13
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In February 2023, Lasso fractured his leg following a fall and underwent surgery.
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In June 2022, Lasso was diagnosed with COVID-19.
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In August 2022, Lasso announced that he was going to receive treatment for melanoma near his eye in the United States.
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Career landmark: President of Ecuador (2021–2023).
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“s wealthiest citizens. His plan would tax individuals who make more than $25,000 a year or about 3.5% of the country”
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In June 2021, Lasso had a second spinal cord surgery in Miami, Florida, in the United States to "regain regular leg mobility".
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Lasso narrowly advanced to the April run-off round of the election in February and was later elected
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To $120 per month; however, that was a statement taken out of context from an interview he gave in March 2020 in the middle of the pandemic, while suggesting letting businesses recruit unemployed poor single mothers so t
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In 2018, Lasso underwent a surgical procedure on his spinal cord at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States following a back injury from a fall at a pilgrimage in Spain in 2013.
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Lasso underwent a surgical procedure on his spinal cord at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States following a back injury from a fall at a pilgrimage in Spain in 2013
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Where he came in a distant second place behind President Correa
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Published the book Otro Ecuador Es Posible
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Lasso published the book Cartas a Mis Hijos, which translates to Letters to my Children, which contains lessons he developed from his time working in business and highlights recommendations for the economic development o
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And pointing out that Lasso's tax proposals are irresponsible with the state budget
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Briefly served as the Itinerant Ambassador of Ecuador during the Lucio Gutiérrez administration
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Following which Lasso was temporarily appointed to the newly created position of Superminister of the Economy, replacing the resigning Ana Lucía Armijos
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Lasso was appointed as the Governor of Guayas, during which the national government underwent mass privatization of public companies and industries
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Lasso became the CEO of Banco Guayaquil
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Lasso met María de Lourdes Alcívar, whom he married in 1980
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Started working at the financial company Cofiec and then at Finansa in Quito
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Lasso began working part-time at the Guayaquil Stock Exchange and later worked as a collection agency assistant at Casa Möeller Martínez
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Born 1955-11-16.
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Career landmark: Participated in World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 (tournament / event).
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Studied at Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, primary education.
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