Ecuador's Moreno takes office vowing to heal divisions

[sandensea]

Lenin Moreno was sworn in as Ecuador's president on Wednesday, promising to try and heal divisions stirred by a decade of polarizing leftist rule.

Moreno, 64, assumed the presidency during a ceremony in Ecuador's congress before some 12 heads of state from around Latin America.

His cabinet, announced Tuesday after weeks of backdoor haggling inside the ruling party, seeks to follow through on his campaign pledge to open up a dialogue with the private sector that was largely shunned by his predecessor and political mentor Rafael Correa, who surrounded himself with ideological loyalists.

Moreno is the first disabled individual to take office as president of Ecuador. He became paraplegic after being shot in the back after being robbed in 1998.

At: http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/world/ecuador-moreno-takes-office-vowing-heal-divisions-article-1.3192985

[Judi Lynn]

1. BBC: President Lenin Moreno takes office in Ecuador

3 hours ago

Ecuador's new President Lenin Moreno has taken office, pledging to continue the left-wing policies of his predecessor Rafael Correa.

In his inaugural speech, he promised more subsidies for the poor and a major social house-building programme which would create millions of jobs.

But he also said he would streamline government administration costs.

Mr Moreno won April's closely contested presidential election, beating his conservative rival Guillermo Lasso.

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This guy has a lot of control over his emotions, to keep on going after that atrocious attack upon him which left him seriously harmed. He didn't allow his set-back to embitter him, and turn him into a vicious right-winger! He is a hero.