Ecuador president appoints Pablo Arosemena as economy minister

QUITO, July 5 (Reuters) – Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Tuesday appointed Pablo Arosemena, governor of Ecuador’s Guayas province, as the Andean country’s new minister of economic climate and finances, pursuing the resignation of Simon Cueva, when also naming new ministers for transport, and urban enhancement and housing.

The appointments arrived hours following Lasso accepted Cueva’s resignation, as effectively as these of previous Wellness Minister Ximena Garzon and former Transport Minister Marcelo Cabrera.

The modifications stick to a deal signed in between the governing administration and indigenous leaders to end demonstrations throughout the country very last week. study a lot more

Protests erupted on June 13 and ran for a lot more than a fortnight as demonstrators demanded reduce gas charges and an finish to further more growth of the oil and mining industries. The protests led to at minimum 8 deaths and seriously impacted Ecuador’s oil sector, the country’s most important source of money.

Lasso denied the appointments have been connected to the protests.

“These improvements haven’t been pressured by predicaments or particular situations. On the contrary, they are due to the orderly fulfillment of stages within a coherent and prolonged-phrase eyesight,” Lasso claimed at a push convention.

As perfectly as appointing Arosemena as overall economy minister, Lasso named Dario Vicente Herrera as Ecuador’s next transportation minister.

Herrera, who is leaving powering his position as minister of city development and housing, will be replaced by Maria Gabriela Aguilera.

Lasso did not title a new overall health minister.

Ecuador’s secretary for larger instruction, science, engineering and innovation, Alejandro Ribadeneira, also resigned on Tuesday. He will be replaced by Andrea Montalvo, Lasso claimed.

While the resignations were officially announced on Tuesday morning, Ecuador’s secretary of public administration, Ivan Correa, disclosed Cueva’s impending departure all through an job interview with local tv outlet Teleamazonas on Monday, including that other improvements would also be coming.

Reporting by Yury Garcia Producing by Oliver Griffin Editing by Bill Berkrot and Leslie Adler

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