Ex-president of Ecuador's National Assembly denounces a 'dictatorship' Former president of Ecuador’s National Assembly Gabriela Rivadeneira denounces a "new kind of dictatorship" in Ecuador. Rivadeneira and three other members of Ecuador’s opposition were granted political asylum in Mexico on January 9 following weeks of violent protests in October 2019 during which president Lenin Moreno accused the opposition, close to his predecessor Rafael Correa, of being behind a plan to destabilize his government.