(24 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quito, Ecuador – 24 May 2024
1. Various of Daniel Noboa, Ecuadorian President, arriving at Assembly along with officials
2. Noboa wearing presidential Sash
3. Various of officials singing the national anthem
4. Various of Noboa during address
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador:
"In these six months (of administration) we had to make hard and profound decisions that no one had risked taking before, but that were necessary to begin to transform the country towards a new Ecuador. During this time all of you have witnessed the tireless effort that has been dedicated to begin to transform our nation."
6. Representatives and officials during address to the nation
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador:
"The new Ecuador does not work with drug trafficking, narco politics, terrorists or any of their historical disguises. The new Ecuador also does not give in to external pressures or even from citizens who call themselves Ecuadorians who even want their country to be sentenced."
8. Ministers
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador:
"In the new Ecuador we are not only decreasing the deficit of energy requirements, but we are working very hard to solve the energy crisis, so that Ecuadorians in the future do not have to go through energy rationing anymore. In other words, we are cleaning up the mess made by those of the past."
10. View of address to the nation
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador:
"Today we are here to be accountable to those who really have the power, our citizens. The citizens are the only witnesses of each of our actions. These decisions are aligned with the National Development Plan 2024 – 2025, which marks the roadmap for the transformation of the country we are building, a safe country, open to investment, to the creation of jobs and above all, to guarantee the future of all."
14. Various of Noboa
15. Various of the president saying goodbye to the ministers and leaving the national assembly
STORYLINE:
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa delivered an address to the nation on Friday, six months into his administration, highlighting the government’s efforts against crime.
Noboa also reported on the solutions offered to the energy shortages that during April pushed Ecuador to ration electricity and stop all activities in the capital for days.
Addresses to the nation usually take place after a year of administration, but the anticipated elections in which Noboa was chosen prevented the previous president from delivering one in time.
The president did not refer to April’s seizure of the Mexican embassy to detain a former vice president who sought refuge.
The situation caused the rupture of relations between the two countries.
Daniel Noboa took office after a political crisis when the congress was dissolved, and at a time when Ecuador experienced an escalation of violence with prison riots.
AP Video by Cesar Olmos
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