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Ecuador re-elects President Daniel Noboa amid nationwide unease over crime
[FoxNews] Noboa carrying nearly 56% of the vote with over 90% of ballots countedDaniel Noboa, the tough-on-crime firebrand president of Ecuador, was re-elected in Sunday's runoff. Noboa, running under the right-wing National Democratic Action party label, handily defeated Luisa González of the leftist Citizen Revolution Movement – the party of influential former President Rafael Correa. According to the National Electoral Council, Noboa received about 55.8% of the vote to González's 44%. Over 90% of ballots have been tabulated, according to The Associated Press. Over 13 million people were eligible to vote – and in Ecuador, voting is compulsory. A Miami-born heir to a large banana trade fortune, the largely politically-inexperienced Noboa emerged as the surprise winner of a 16-month presidency following a 2023 snap election to succeed former President Guillermo Lasso. Related: Daniel Noboa 03/16/2025 Ecuador pitches US military base and free trade deal to Trump allies, sources say Daniel Noboa 12/27/2024 Mozambique: 33 killed as hundreds of inmates escape from prison Daniel Noboa 04/09/2024 You can't get away with bananas. Ecuadorian security forces seize the Mexican embassy Related: Ecuador: 2025-04-11 US declines to restore urgent food aid in Afghanistan and Yemen Ecuador: 2025-04-10 Dismembered UK scientist may have been killed by organ traffickers, his horrified relatives fear as map shows how hacked up body was scattered around Colombian town Ecuador: 2025-04-09 US to resume key foreign Aid Programs, Reuters Reports Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-15 |
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