New Ecuador president Noboa pledges reforms to reduce violence, create jobs

FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's President-elect Daniel Noboa speaks after receiving his credentials from Ecuador's National Electoral Council, in Quito, Ecuador, November 15, 2023. Reuters/Karen Toro/File Photo

QUITO (Reuters) -Business heir and former legislator Daniel Noboa was sworn in as Ecuador's new president on Thursday, pledging to reduce violence and create jobs via urgent legislative reforms.

Noboa, 35, won an October run-off in the South American country, which is facing deep economic challenges that have pushed thousands to migrate and spiking violence that reached an unprecedented crescendo with the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.