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The vote count in Ecuador's special presidential election points to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon. Ecuadorians
Leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzalez will face right-wing businessman Daniel Noboa at a second round election in October. Sunday's vote was tense after a top candidate was gunned down in broad daylight weeks earlier.
Quito, Aug 20 (EFE).- Leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez and center-right businessman Daniel Noboa were leading Sunday as the vote count reached 10 percent in Ecuador’s presidential elections. Gonzalez, running for the Citizen Revolution movement led by former President Rafael Correa, holds 32.61 percent of the votes, while Noboa has 24.66 percent. With 16.33 percent in …
The rise of the outsider candidate is a broader trend across the region | The Americas
Luisa González of former President Rafel Correa's Revolucion Ciudadana (RC) was the most-voted candidate in Sunday's elections in Ecuador marred by last week's murder of Movimiento Construye's (MC) hopeful Fernando Villavicencio.