Lasso Inaugurated As First Right-wing Ecuador President In 14 Years
05/24/21 AT 1:04 PM
Conservative Guillermo Lasso assumed the presidency of Ecuador on Monday, becoming the country s first right-wing leader in 14 years.
The 65-year-old former banker beat left-wing economist Andres Arauz in a second-round run-off last month and succeeds the hugely unpopular Lenin Moreno.
Dressed in a dark suit with a light blue tie, Lasso was sworn into office by Guadalupe Llori, the president of the National Assembly.
He inherits an oil-producing country battling economic and health crises with the coronavirus pandemic having infected almost 420,000 people and killed more than 20,000, according to an AFP count.
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