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Tras su dura derrota en el referendo, el presidente de Ecuador Daniel Noboa descabezó su gabinete
El presidente ecuatoriano, Daniel Noboa, dispuso este martes cambios en seis de los 14 ministros de su gabinete tras la dura derrota en el referendo que buscaba convocar a una Asamblea Constituyente para modificar la carta magna y permitir la instalación de bases militares extranjeras en el país.
“Con el objetivo de fortalecer la gestión pública el primer mandatario ha dispuesto una serie de ajustes en el gabinete”, dijo la presidencia en un comunicado oficial.
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Noboa decidió despedir a los ministros de Gobierno, de Desarrollo Humano, de Trabajo, de Salud, de Agricultura y de Educación, y adicionalmente al titular de la Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos. De inmediato anunció a sus reemplazantes.
La vocera presidencial, Carolina Jaramillo, anunció en X su renuncia, pero no se confirmó que haya sido aceptada.
Cuáles son los cambios en el gabinete de Daniel Noboa
Entre los ministros que dejan sus cargos están Zaida Rovira (Gobierno), Ivonne Núñez (Trabajo), Alegría Crepos (Educación), Jimmy Martín (Salud), Danilo Palacios (Agricultura) y Harold Burbano (Desarrollo Humanos).
Sin embargo, Rovira y Burbano seguirán en el Gobierno designados en los ministerios de Desarrollo Humano y Trabajo, respectivamente.
Noboa designó como ministro de Gobierno a Álvaro Rosero y dejó el Ministerio de Salud temporalmente en manos de la vicepresidenta, María José Pinto.
El presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa muestra su voto en un referéndum sobre si permitir bases militares extranjeras en el país y reescribir la constitución a través de una asamblea constituyente, en Olón, Ecuador, el domingo 16 de noviembre de 2025. (Foto AP/César Muñoz)
En el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca designó a Juan Carlos Vega, quien fue su ministro de Economía entre noviembre de 2023 de y febrero de 2025.
En el Ministerio de Educación, Deporte y Cultura asumirá Gilda Alcivar.
Qué pasó en el referendo de Ecuador
Casi el 62% de los votantes del referendo rechazó la instalación de la Constituyente y más del 60% se opuso al regreso de las bases militares extranjeras al país.
En las otras dos propuestas planteadas en la consulta -eliminar el financiamiento público a los partidos políticos y reducir la cantidad de miembros del Congreso- también ganó ampliamente el “No”. Una militante por el «No» en la consulta popular convocada por Daniel Noboa se manifiesta en Quito (Foto: EFE)
Tras el resultado, Noboa reconoció en X el rechazo popular y afirmó: “Respetamos la voluntad del pueblo… seguiremos luchando sin descanso por el país que ustedes merecen con las herramientas que tenemos”.
Más de 13,9 millones de ciudadanos fueron llamados a la consulta, el tercer proceso electoral en lo que va del año y el segundo plebiscito impulsado por Noboa que, en abril de 2024, logró el aval popular para hacer cambios constitucionales.
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El mandatario sostenía que era necesario “refundar el país” porque la Constitución vigente desde 2008 mantenía al Estado en un virtual “secuestro institucional”, pero las organizaciones sociales y la oposición consideraban que el referendo no solucionaba los problemas cotidianos y que Noboa buscaba una Constitución a su medida.
Sobre la propuesta para eliminar la prohibición constitucional para la instalación de bases militares extranjeras en territorio ecuatoriano, la oposición señaló que implicaba ceder soberanía.
Para el gobierno, sin embargo, contribuiría al apoyo internacional que Ecuador necesita para enfrentar al crimen transnacional. El combate a la inseguridad ha sido una bandera de Noboa desde que llegó al poder.
El país afronta una incesante violencia por la acción de bandas del crimen organizado aliadas con cárteles transnacionales, lo que llevó al gobierno de Noboa a declarar el conflicto armado interno para movilizar a las fuerzas de seguridad.
(Con información de AP y EFE)
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Iranian officials pushing for negotiations with the United States risk being labeled traitors and «most likely eliminated,» according to a policy expert, as internal fractures emerge inside Iran’s new regime.
Hooshang Amirahmadi, president of the American Iranian Council, said moderates advocating engagement with Washington are increasingly vulnerable at a moment when the Trump administration says it is in contact with elements of a «new» leadership.
«If the moderates were to push toward negotiation and a ceasefire, they will be considered traitors and will most likely be eliminated,» Amirahmadi told Fox News Digital.
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Amirahmadi’s warning came as Washington also appears to be navigating internal «fractures» amid the ongoing conflict.
President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. is engaged in serious talks with a «new» and «more reasonable» regime in Iran as the war enters its fifth week, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to say who exactly the U.S. is negotiating with but cited «fractures.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with China’s Foreign Minister (not pictured) in Munich Feb. 13, 2026, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. ( Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
«Well, I’m not going to disclose to you who those people are, because it probably would get them in trouble with some other groups of people inside of Iran. Look, there are some fractures going on there internally,» Rubio said on «Good Morning America.»
«Anyone in Iran who speaks of negotiation is suspected of paving the way for more war and destruction,» Amirahmadi said before stating that the moderate reformers are thought of as «infiltrators and deemed traitors.»
Amirahmadi also confirmed Rubio’s comments and highlighted an internal struggle within Tehran’s power structure, where remnants of what he called the «old regime,» or the Khamenei-era system, still exist.
«Many of them support negotiation or a ceasefire. But the emerging new regime is made up of more hard-line elements and views the others as traitors,» he said.
«For a long time, there has been a serious gap — what we call a cleavage — between the hardliners or radicals and the moderates or reformists.»
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf attends a news conference at a conference hall in the Iranian Parliament building in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Amirahmadi also described how «assassination in the Islamic Republic is not a new phenomenon. It has been there for a long time.»
Amirahmadi spoke ahead of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth saying Tuesday that Washington remains firm on reaching an agreement to end the monthlong conflict involving the U.S., Israel and the Islamic Republic.
Speaking at a news conference, Hegseth reiterated that Trump is willing to make a deal to end the war, adding the new regime is now in place.
«If Iran is smart, it will make a deal. The new Iranian regime should already know that. This new regime, having undergone a regime change, should be smarter than the previous one. President Trump does not bluff and will not back down. He will make a deal, he is willing and the terms of the deal are known to them,» Hegseth said.
«The field and the war are in the control of the radical colonels, and that is what matters at this point,» Amirahmadi added.
«The established bureaucracy is still run by the same old moderate regime, but then that is not a new regime. The new regime is certainly more radical.»
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Iran’s power structure is increasingly dominated by IRGC figures like Ahmad Vahidi (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Since the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the succession of his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, the regime appears more reliant on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Iran’s power structure is increasingly dominated by IRGC figures like Ahmad Vahidi and Qods Force chief Esmail Qaani, alongside judicial figures such as Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Ayatollah Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei.
While President Masoud Pezeshkian’s influence could have waned, figures like Saeed Jalili, Guardian Council insider Ayatollah Alireza Arafi and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi continue shaping Iran’s security posture.
«There are basically the colonels; there are the Revolutionary Guards, people that are in the military. A few non-military hardliners are in universities, in government and places,» Amirahmadi added.
«They have changed the regime into a very radical regime,» Amirahmadi warned, «I don’t even think Khamenei’s son would favor negotiation, at least initially.
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«His position and condition are not entirely clear. His leadership appears symbolic — a reaction, even a gesture against figures like Trump.
«Trump and Netanyahu wanted regime change, and they have already achieved it, but the regime has just become more radical,» Amirahmadi concluded.
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President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday after newly released photos appeared to show the husband of former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem cross-dressing in private messages to a number of women.
The images were allegedly part of a trove of hundreds of messages sent between Noem’s husband, Bryon, and three women, obtained by The Daily Mail.
The father of three appeared to be pictured in hot pink underwear, wearing a skin-colored shirt with large, faux breasts worn underneath.
The New York Post reported the photos were taken while acting out a «bimbofication» fetish, which focuses on hypersexual, exaggerated physical appearances.
Bryon Noem (L), husband of US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (R), listens as Secretary Noem testifies before the Senate Committee in Washington, DC, May 20, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Another image appeared to show Bryon Noem posing with large, fake breasts in a tight light blue T-shirt while making a kissy face.
Trump told the Daily Mail he did not know about the photos and was surprised the Noem family confirmed their authenticity.
«They confirmed it? Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that’s the case, that’s too bad,» Trump told the outlet. «I haven’t seen anything. I don’t know anything about it. That’s too bad, but I just know nothing about it.»
It is unclear if anyone else inside the administration knew about the alleged photographs.
Fox News Digital was unable to authenticate the photos independently.
Bryon Noem, the husband of former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem listens as she testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Markwayne Mullin was sworn in as Homeland Security Secretary last week after Kristi Noem’s March 5 ousting.
Kristi Noem is currently serving as special envoy to the Shield of the Americas.
In a statement to The Post, a spokesperson for Kristi Noem said she was «devastated» by the discovery.
«The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,» the spokesperson said.
While the couple has been married for more than 30 years, Fox News previously reported rumors of an alleged affair between Kristi Noem and her top advisor, Corey Lewandowski, contributed to her dismissal from the DHS post.
Bryon Noem, husband of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, center, watches as Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), not pictured, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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During her time as 33rd governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem was sued by a transgender and «gender nonconforming» advocacy group, The Transformation Project, after the state terminated a contract with the organization.
She also received backlash from the LGBTQ community for signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which advocates claimed sanctioned discrimination against queer people.
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