Daniel Noboa is sworn in as Ecuador's president, inheriting the...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Former Minister of Economy and Finance Fausto Ortíz said Lasso had good fiscal management of the economy, adhering to instructions of the International Monetary Fund, with cuts in public spending and state investment and a sustained reduction in the fiscal deficit.
57% : Data from the Ministry of Finance show state coffers received $991 million from oil between January and July.
54% : Noboa´s government will have to "undertake tax reforms to encourage growth and the revitalization of the economy.
50% : Noboa's only experience in government was as a member of National Assembly that Lasso dissolved.
42% : 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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