Daniel Noboa sworn in as Ecuador's president - Los Angeles Times
An inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade has been sworn in as Ecuador’s president.
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An inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade has been sworn in as Ecuador’s president.
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global industries, bananas and cocaine, leading to a drastic drop in security.
Ecuadoreans vote against oil drilling in a sector of the Amazon rainforest that is a hotspot of biodiversity and home to two isolated tribes.
More than 100,000 police and soldiers have been deployed to help protect the vote, amid an election that has already seen the assassination of a leading candidate earlier this month.
No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.