Gabriel Fuks will be in charge of Latin American Policy in the Foreign Ministry. He was expelled from Quito after the escape of an official accused of corruption.

María de los Angeles Duarte Pesante, escaped in March from the Argentine embassy in Quito. The government of Guillermo Lasso became obsessed with the fact that Gabriel Fuks had opened the doors to the woman. The Ecuadorian government could never explain how he circumvented the various internal and external security mechanisms.