The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, appointed Luis Alberto Jaramillo as the new Minister of Economy And finance and confirmed to the Interim Minister of Energy and Mines, Inés Manzano, in his position, showed presidential decrees.
The changes, decreed on Wednesday night and during Thursday, occur after the leftist Luisa González obtained a good performance in the first round of the elections Presidential on Sunday, which left Noboa in a close contest for the presidency of the country in a second round scheduled in April.
Jaramillo served as a production minister and foreign trade and will be replaced in that position by Carlos Zaldumbide.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in December that its executive directory completed the first review in the framework of an Expanded Funds Service Agreement for Ecuador, which allowed an immediate disbursement of around US $ 500 million.
Outgoing Economy Minister Juan Carlos Vega, who assumed His position in November 2023 announced his resignation in a letter published on social networks, Without explaining your reasons.
“Today we have an Ecuador with sustainable public finances and a better economic situation in the country “, He said in his renunciation letter.
While the Minister of Energy and Mines, Manzano, was in charge of that state portfolio during the cuts of generalized and planned energy of October last year, but finally ratified in its position through a decree.
Noboa has deployed the military in the streets and in prisons to try to improve a terrible security situation attributed to criminal gangs.
