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Lasso triumphs in Ecuador; Peru prepares for a left-right showdown April 16, 2021 Click to read this article in English Illustration Credit: Arcabuz, El Comercio Elections held in two Andean nations this past weekend garnered surprising results for both sides of the political spectrum. In Ecuador, conservative banker Guillermo Lasso prevailed over former President Rafael Correa’s would-be successor Andrés Arauz, in a runoff victory that dealt a temporary, albeit significant, blow to hopes of a regional resurgence of the Pink Tide-descendant left. The election of Lasso represents a clear re...

Former banker Guillermo Lasso wins Ecuador’s presidential election Federico Rivas Molina ,Sara España © Santiago Fernández (EFE) Guillermo Lasso celebrates his win in the Ecuadorian presidential elections on Sunday in Quito. Former banker Guillermo Lasso outperformed all polls on Sunday to win Ecuador’s presidential elections. While surveys had predicted a head-to-head race between Lasso and Andrés Arauz, the candidate backed by former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, the conservative won the second round of the election with a five-point lead. With 98.4% of ballo...

The conservative candidate took 52.5% of the vote to defeat Andrés Arauz, who had been backed by former president Rafael Correa