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Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador’s president

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador’s president. And he did it Sunday on his first attempt, winning a runoff election against a leftist lawyer on the resume of a 35-year-old who belongs to the South American country’s elite, which means […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence

Daniel Noboa, just 35, won a runoff election against a leftist lawyer to become the next president of Ecuador, which is beset by spiraling violence.

Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador's presidential runoff election Sunday, which was held amid unprecedented violence that claimed the life of one candidate.

An inexperienced politician and heir to a banana fortune in Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has won the country’s presidential runoff election against Luisa González.

Daniel Noboa – entrepreneur, politician, and son of the wealthiest man in Ecuador – has become his country’s youngest president. Mr. Noboa, who will complete the term vacated by President Guillermo Lasso, promises to tackle unprecedented levels of crime.

Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Get elected as Ecuador's president.

The vote signaled a desire for change in a nation of more than 17 million on South America’s western coast that has seen a wave of violence from international criminal groups and local gangs.

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