(24 May 2025)
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Quito, Ecuador – 24 May 2025
1. Various of Daniel Noboa arriving at the National Assembly to be sworn in as president
2. Various of Noboa, Vice President María Jose Pinto, and National Assembly President Niels Olsen
3. Olsen swearing in Noboa as president, UPSOUND (Spanish): "Do you swear by your honor before God and the nation, that you will faithfully fulfill the functions granted by the Constitution of the Republic and the law, in the performance of the mandate conferred by the Ecuadorian people, as constitutional president of the Republic of Ecuador?"
Noboa (Spanish): "Yes, I swear."
4. Olsen placing presidential sash on Noboa
5. Noboa, wearing the sash, cheered by the assembly
6. Noboa holding hands with Olsen, greeting attendees
7. Noboa approaching podium
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador:
"We will advance step by step, firm, implementing each and every one of the necessary reforms to build a state that is not a burden to society, but the solid foundation for growth, employment, and investment. Because today we are at the gates of four years of progress. There will be four years where previously forgotten dreams will become realities. We will focus on public investment to create jobs, we will dedicate our efforts to youth work, promoting jobs through public works, without forgetting that the private sector must have our support."
9. Noboa speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador:
"And there will be no truce against crime; the progressive reduction of homicides will be a non-negotiable goal. We will attack the criminal economies of this country, and we will put an end to them. We will maintain our confrontation against drug trafficking, and illegal weapons, ammunition, and explosives will be seized, and greater control will be exercised in the country’s ports. To all Ecuadorians and to all eyes that today look at Ecuador as a destination, the commitment to transparency is the line that cuts all the pillars of Ecuador, economy, education, security, public works, alliances."
11. Noboa raising his arms together with Pinto and Olsen
12. Various of Noboa greeting international guests
13. Various of Noboa leaving national assembly
STORYLINE:
Ecuador’s re-elected President Daniel Noboa was sworn in Saturday for a four-year term at a ceremony in the capital Quito.
President of the National Assembly Niels Olsen took Noboa’s oath of office and placed a presidential sash on him, marking the start of a new term that will last until May 2029.
Vice President Maria Jose Pinto was also sworn in.
"We will advance step by step, firm, implementing each and every one of the necessary reforms to build a state that is not a burden to society, but the solid foundation for growth, employment, and investment," Noboa said during his inaugural speech.
Colombia President Gustavo Petro and Peru President Dina Boluarte, as well as the U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert Kennedy, attended the inauguration.
One of the main challenges for the president will be to confront violence and unemployment in his second term.
The 37-year-old conservative millionaire was reelected on April 13, after winning over the left-wing opposition, Luisa González, and obtained with his National Democratic Action (ADN) movement the necessary seats and the support of other sectors to become the main political force in the Assembly.
Only 33% of Ecuadorians are fully employed, according to official statistics at the end of last year, while the rest are in the informal sector.
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