QUITO, June 29, 2022 (AFP) – Ecuador’s opposition-led congress on Tuesday failed to gather enough votes to impeach right-wing President Guillermo Lasso, as protests by Indigenous Ecuadorans over the high cost of living persisted.

The motion garnered 80 of the 92 votes needed to remove Lasso from office, according to the results read aloud by the parliament’s secretary, Alvaro Salazar, in a virtual session broadcast on social media.