Daniel Noboa is sworn in as Ecuador’s president, inheriting the leadership of a country on edge
1 year, 1 month ago

Daniel Noboa is sworn in as Ecuador’s president, inheriting the leadership of a country on edge

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, was sworn in Thursday as Ecuador’s president, a role that citizens are demanding he uses to restore the public safety that drug cartels and other criminal organizations robbed them of at the decade’s start. He is inheriting a weakened economy and serious fiscal challenges as well as the leadership of a country mired by violent crime, “The economy and security are indivisible issues; it is an important front on which President Noboa must work,” Andrés Briones, an analyst and professor at Casa Grande University in Guayaquil, Ecuador, said. Noboa’s government will have to “undertake tax reforms to encourage growth and the revitalization of the economy.” But any actions he wishes to take to address Ecuador’s crucial issues will first require him to negotiate with the National Assembly, where his party lacks enough seats to govern on its own. But Zabala thinks the heavy-handed policies imposed by Lasso were “an absolute failure” and suggested the government must clean up the ranks of law enforcement, invest in equipment for police and join regional and international efforts against organized crime as Ecuador “cannot win this war alone.” Like Lasso, a conservative former banker, Noboa’s wealth puts him at the top of Ecuador’s elite.

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Business heir Daniel Noboa sworn in as Ecuador president
1 year, 1 month ago

Business heir Daniel Noboa sworn in as Ecuador president

Al Jazeera  

The banana empire heir has promised to reduce violence and create jobs in the country gripped by a bloody drug war. Daniel Noboa has been sworn in as Ecuador’s new president, promising to reduce violence and create jobs in the country gripped by a bloody drug war. He was sworn in on Thursday at a ceremony attended by Colombian President …

He is Ecuador’s youngest president-elect. What lies ahead for Daniel Noboa?
1 year, 2 months ago

He is Ecuador’s youngest president-elect. What lies ahead for Daniel Noboa?

Al Jazeera  

Noboa, heir to a banana industry fortune, faces rising crime with little political backing and an abbreviated term in office. Faced with an abbreviated 18-month term in office, Noboa has little time — and little political backing — with which to address some of Ecuador’s most pressing problems. “Other than that, I don’t think he can do much more in …

Ecuador’s youngest elected president faces a practically impossible task
1 year, 2 months ago

Ecuador’s youngest elected president faces a practically impossible task

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador ‘s youngest elected president on Monday faced the practically impossible task of reducing a terrifying, drug-driven crime wave within a greatly shortened 1 1/2 years in office. Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa, of the National Democratic Action Alliance political party, speaks in Olon, Ecuador, after results show him ahead in a snap presidential runoff on Sunday, Oct. …

Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to banana empire, elected president in Ecuador
1 year, 2 months ago

Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to banana empire, elected president in Ecuador

LA Times  

Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: getting elected as Ecuador’s president. After results showed him victorious, Noboa thanked Ecuadoreans for believing in “a new political project, a young political project, an improbable political project.” He said his goal is “to return peace to the country, to give education to the youth again, to …

Ecuador votes to elect new president
1 year, 2 months ago

Ecuador votes to elect new president

Al Jazeera  

Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa are in a tight race as Ecuador’s economy remains the biggest concern for voters. Business scion Daniel Noboa, 35, has led recent polling, but at least two surveys placed him and Luisa González, a protege of former President Rafael Correa, within the margin of error. González has said she would bring back the popular social …

Eight presidential candidates enter Ecuador’s early election race
1 year, 6 months ago

Eight presidential candidates enter Ecuador’s early election race

Al Jazeera  

Eight presidential candidates have registered to face off when Ecuadoreans head to the polls for early elections on August 20. The polls will cap an extraordinary series of events that saw President Guillermo Lasso dissolve the opposition-controlled National Assembly and cut his own term short instead of facing impeachment proceedings. Luisa Gonzalez: The Citizen Revolution Movement, a party founded by …

Ecuador’s president declines to run in snap elections after he disbands National Assembly
1 year, 6 months ago

Ecuador’s president declines to run in snap elections after he disbands National Assembly

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso said Friday he will not seek reelection in the early elections prompted by his decision to dissolve the National Assembly two weeks ago. Without fear and with a clear conscience.” Lasso, a conservative former banker, was elected in 2021 on a business-friendly platform and clashed from the start with the left-leaning majority coalition …

Ecuador’s embattled President Lasso will not seek re-election
1 year, 6 months ago

Ecuador’s embattled President Lasso will not seek re-election

Al Jazeera  

Guillermo Lasso’s announcement comes weeks after he dissolved the legislature amid prospect of impeachment. Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso, who dissolved the country’s National Assembly last month amid an impeachment process against him, has announced that he will not run in early elections set for August. “I want to be clear I will not accept the nomination as a candidate for …

Opinion: What happened to Ecuador? How crime and power struggles brought a democracy to the brink
1 year, 7 months ago

Opinion: What happened to Ecuador? How crime and power struggles brought a democracy to the brink

LA Times  

Soldiers guard the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador. Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved the country’s legislature Wednesday to dodge an impeachment vote he appeared bound to lose. Shutting down the National Assembly is likely to stoke instability and, paradoxically, hasten the return to power of Lasso’s sworn enemies: Rafael Correa, the strongman who served as president for a decade ending …

Why Ecuador’s president dissolved the National Assembly, and what happens next
1 year, 7 months ago

Why Ecuador’s president dissolved the National Assembly, and what happens next

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — President Guillermo Lasso dissolved Ecuador’s National Assembly on Wednesday just as it was forging ahead with impeachment proceedings to remove the conservative leader from office over alleged mismanagement. In disbanding the assembly, the president, who denies any wrongdoing, made first use of the Ecuador presidency’s nuclear option under the constitution in conflicts with the legislative branch. The …

Stage set for Ecuadorian president or lawmakers to be booted out of office
1 year, 7 months ago

Stage set for Ecuadorian president or lawmakers to be booted out of office

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador was locked in a showdown Tuesday between its conservative president and its opposition-led legislature that was turning the country into the latest Latin American nation torn between rival constitutional powers. People feel the government is “totally disconnected from their most urgent needs,” said Laura Lizarazo, a senior analyst covering Ecuador and Colombia for the global firm …

Ecuador’s president, facing looming impeachment vote, dissolves country’s national assembly
1 year, 7 months ago

Ecuador’s president, facing looming impeachment vote, dissolves country’s national assembly

CNN  

CNN — Ecuador’s embattled President Guillermo Lasso, who was facing a looming impeachment vote, has triggered a constitutional clause to dissolve government, a politically fraught move that could spark protests with the country already tackling a fragile security situation. Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who is a left-wing opposition leader, said on Twitter that Lasso’s move was “illegal” but also …

Ecuador president dissolves legislature, bringing vote forward
1 year, 7 months ago

Ecuador president dissolves legislature, bringing vote forward

Al Jazeera  

Facing impeachment process, Guillermo Lasso orders early elections in move that he says aims to end political crisis. Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the opposition-controlled National Assembly in a decree, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he presented his defence in an impeachment process against him. “Ecuador needs a new political and social pact to allow …

Impeachment hearing begins in Ecuador against President Lasso
1 year, 7 months ago

Impeachment hearing begins in Ecuador against President Lasso

Al Jazeera  

Lasso could trigger the ‘two-way death’ clause in Ecuador’s constitution, dissolving both the legislature and ending his presidency. Ecuador’s National Assembly has begun an impeachment hearing against President Guillermo Lasso, who stands accused of corruption with regard to an embezzlement scheme involving a state-owned oil transport company. Experts have speculated that Lasso could invoke a never-before-used constitutional clause known as …

Ecuador is in trouble and its president may pay the price
1 year, 7 months ago

Ecuador is in trouble and its president may pay the price

CNN  

CNN — Ecuador was known as the “isla de paz” – an island of peace – in the 1980s, when compared to its neighbors Colombia and Peru, some of the world’s biggest producers of cocaine. Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso is at the center of this storm, and his popularity has tanked amid widespread discontent with spiraling crime rates. Before President …

Guillermo Lasso | A victor of circumstances
3 years, 8 months ago

Guillermo Lasso | A victor of circumstances

The Hindu  

In a turnaround of sorts, Guillermo Lasso became the President-elect of Ecuador following a run-off second round vote in presidential elections in the Latin American country. In the first round, not only was his vote share some distance behind Mr. Arauz’s, but it was also barely more than that of third place candidate Yaku Perez of the indigenous coalition Pachakutik. …

Banker Lasso wins surprise victory in Ecuador election
3 years, 8 months ago

Banker Lasso wins surprise victory in Ecuador election

Al Jazeera  

Ecuadoreans went to the polls with the pandemic pushing a third of people into poverty. Former banker Guillermo Lasso has declared victory in the Ecuadorean presidential election, after his challenger, left-wing economist Andres Arauz, conceded defeat in a poll that took place against a COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated an already struggling economy. “It’s a day in which all Ecuadoreans …

Ecuador appears to go with conservative banker Guillermo Lasso in presidential vote
3 years, 8 months ago

Ecuador appears to go with conservative banker Guillermo Lasso in presidential vote

LA Times  

With most of the votes counted, Guillermo Lasso, a former banker, had a lead over economist Andres Arauz, a protégé of former President Rafael Correa, in Ecuador’s presidential election. A conservative businessman seemed headed to Ecuador’s presidency, with voters rejecting the leftist movement started by former President Rafael Correa more than a decade ago, while in neighboring Peru, a crowded …

Polls close in Ecuador’s tight presidential election
3 years, 10 months ago

Polls close in Ecuador’s tight presidential election

Al Jazeera  

Polls have closed in Ecuador after voters headed out in large numbers to pick a new president in an election held under the shadow of a severe economic crisis and discontent over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday’s vote will see the South American nation’s 13.1 million voters choose a successor to unpopular socialist President Lenin Moreno, as well …

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