Ecuador President Daniel Noboa swore for the second term, vows to combat drug trafficking, violent crimes star-news.press/wp

Quito – Ecuador’s president Daniel Nobua He officially swore on Saturday after a reekection for another four-year term at the beginning of this year.

But Nobua, 37, who wore the presidential lap over his chest, was swarted together with his vice president of María José Pinto, and their terms will be up to 2029. Years.

The young president, who became known for his fight against the embankment of the Armed Group in the southern American country, promised in his inaugural speech to continue to address corruption, drug trafficking and violent crimes. He also swore to implement reforms and said he would lie down “solid foundation for opening new jobs and investment” working with Ecuador’s private sector.

“We are on the threshold of four years of progress,” he said.

The Ceremony in the capital, whales, was attended by the Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and many other international guests and delegates.

The assessment of the American intelligence service ended before the elections concluded that the victory for Noba against Challerger Luisa González would better serve American interests in the next four years. Trump administration freezed the establishment of a permanent American military presence in the southern American country.

Noboa was the first selected for president In November 2023. year 35 years old, with little political experience. He unexpectedly entered the race and was chosen to finish the mandate of his predecessor, Guillermo Lasso, who dissolved the Assembly and stepped back to avoid avoiding.

Noboa was re-elected 13. April in the back against the left candidate Luise González, who achieved repeated allegations of election scams. Her citizen of the revolution, led by former President of Rafael Correa, was boycotted by the Subtitan Ceremony, although González claimed the elections of Ecuador and both national and international observers.

Violence and high levels of unemployment remain the biggest challenges facing the president and his national democratic action, who could also hold a majority in the country’s congress through numerous political alliances.

Maintenance that the majority will be crucial for NOBO in pushing through its agenda, including the account for the fight against crime marked as “urgent” for its economic implications. The proposal has already pulled criticism from the opposition.

Juan Francisco Camino, a professor at the Equinoctial Technology University, said Noboaska narrow majority could easily transfer the balance.

“Only one lost voice from his alliances could paralyze his plans,” Camino said in an interview.

He asked if the new can change his control approach at this new deadline, Camino predicted continuity, especially with the focus of the government to the use of state power to fight crime, which he said “legitimacy”.

Ecuador is one of the most dangerous countries In the region, with about 8,000 violent deaths by the end of 2024. years and crime that continues on the rise in 2025. years. Last year Masked men broke on a set A public television canal in Ecuador, waving rifles and explosives during the Live Emission and the president brought the Regulation that the Earth entered the “internal armed conflict”.

Camino emphasized that the Nobu must “look out of security” and focus on the reconstruction of the social fabric of Ecuador, especially in areas such as jobs, health care and education.

Others said that it is important to focus on the basic causes of violence, such as a lack of opportunities that often pushes young people to join criminal groups. Only 33% of Ecuador had full time since the end of last year, with other work in the informal economy.

James Laport contributed to this report.