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Quito, Apr 12 (EFE) .- Ecuador president elect, Guillermo Lasso, said Monday that his priority will be to fulfill his electoral promise to vaccinate 9 million people against Covid-19 in the first 100 days of Government, and stressed that fighting poverty and unemploymentare also part of his most immediate priorities.(Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHÁVEZ)SHOT LIST: THE STREETS OF QUITO, THE ARRIVAL OF ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT ELECT GUILLERMO LASSO TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE.SOUND BITES: PRESIDENT ELECT OF ECUADOR GUILLERMO LASSO (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATION:I believe that there is a fundamental priority and it is the vaccination process. I believe that this is fundamental and we will probably start sometime this week to define the best names to carry out this vaccination process to achieve the goal of vaccinating 9 million Ecuadorians in the first 100 days of the government.
Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect Daniel Noboa meets with outgoing president Guillermo Lasso at Carondelet palace, in Quito. IMAGES
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The United States accuses Russia of planning to build its military force in ally Belarus to 30,000 within weeks, amid a troop buildup by Moscow on Ukraine's borders. SOUNDBITE
Quito, Oct 12 (EFE).- The indigenous community of Ecuador commemorated Tuesday its "Day of Resistance" with a staging at the House of Ecuadorian Culture in Quito, reiterating the economic and social demands of the community to the president, Guillermo Lasso."The president has not taken any single step" to solve social problems, said Leónidas Iza, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) at the ceremony. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ). SHOT LIST: THE CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY OF RESISTANCE OF ECUADOR AT THE HOUSE OF ECUADORIAN CULTURE, IN QUITO, ECUADOR.