Alberto Fernández and Guillermo Lasso during an official meeting at Casa Rosada

In an unprecedented diplomatic escalation, provoked by the escape of former minister María de los Ángeles Duarte -sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption-, the government has decided to expel Ecuador’s ambassador to Argentina, Xavier Alfonso Monge Yoder. This is an exact answer assumed moments ago by the administration of Guillermo Lasso, who said character not pleasant to the Argentine Ambassador to Ecuador, Gabriel Fucks, and asked him to leave Quito within a maximum of 72 hours.

“Regretting therefore the incomprehensible decision of the Government of Ecuador to request the withdrawal from Ecuador of Ambassador Gabriel Fuks, it was decided to adopt the same situation with regard to the Ecuadorian ambassador to Argentina“Said the press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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