Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has stripped his Vice President, Jorge Glas, of all his functions after his deputy delivered a stinging critique of the new leftist leader. Moreno, who only came to office on 24th May this year, issued a decree removing his running mate from all his functions as Vice President, but stopped short of sacking him. <br/><br/>Glas, who has served as Vice-President since 2013, has been buffeted by a wave of corruption accusations from the opposition, including allegations of links to the scandal surrounding the Brazilian oil giant Odebrecht, which has sent shock waves across the region. The decree came a day after the Vice President published a long list of criticisms of the President.<br/>Ecuador's oil-rich economy has suffered from the global slump in crude prices and there have been strains inside the left-wing Country Alliance party that has held power for a decade on how to deal with the downturn while maintaining subsidies for the poor.