Ecuadorian socio-political panorama: assessment of President Guillermo Lasso's first two years in office

Abstract

The Ecuadorian sociopolitical panorama during the first two years of President Guillermo Lasso’s term of office has been characterized by the dispute between the dominant political forces that are struggling to achieve greater shares of power   that guarantee the fulfillment of their agendas. The confrontation among the government branches has triggered a legitimacy crisis and a loss of citizen confidence in state institutions due to the impossibility of fulfilling their functions fully. The drop of the population’s living standards and the sustained increase in insecurity have motivated massive popular demonstrations that express the popular dissatisfaction at the president’s mismanagement of the economic, political and social problems facing Ecuador.