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Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso attends his impeachment trial before the National Congress in Quito as supporters and opponents gather outside to watch the trial on a giant screen. The right-wing president is accused by his critics of wrongdoing in a state contract to transport crude oil. The motion will need at least 92 votes from the 137 MPs for the president to be removed from office. IMAGES
Chilean Senate begins to hear the impeachment trial of President Sebastian Pinera over corruption allegations originating from the Pandora Papers leaks. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy, his former lawyer Thierry Herzog and former senior magistrate Gilbert Azibert leave court after the National Financial Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment asking for four years in prison, two of them suspended, for the three accused in the so-called "wiretapping" case. (COMPLETES VIDEOS VIDI8WQ2ZY_EN, VIDI8WP6TK_EN, VIDI8WQ3EV_EN) IMAGES
President Vizcarra arrives at Congress in Lima ahead of an impeachment vote that threatens to see him removed from office after little more than eight months. IMAGES
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru announced his resignation Wednesday in an address to the nation, the day before he was to face an impeachment vote in Congress. IMAGES