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Noboa assumes Ecuador presidency amid political crisis
Vice President Gustavo Noboa becomes the sixth Ecuadorian president since 1996 after the military dissolved a three man junta and handed power amid protests and economic collapse. Mahuad fled and Indian protesters called for reform as inflation neared 60 percent and 7 million people remained in poverty.
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