REACTION: González, Noboa to Square off in Ecuador’s Presidential Runoff
Analysts react to the surprise result from the first round of the presidential election.
Amid record organized crime-related violence, Ecuadorians showed a high level of participation in the August 20 snap presidential election. Candidates Luisa González, for Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana (33%), and Daniel Noboa (23.7%), the son of a banana tycoon running under Acción Democrática Nacional, will contest a runoff on October 15.More than 100,000 police and soldiers were deployed across the country to oversee voters and candidates. Christian Zurita, who ran replacing Fernando Villavicencio, the candidate assassinated on August 9, received 16.5% of the vote. Zurita attended his...
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