{"id":1862,"date":"2025-04-13T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2025-04-13T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T14:11:10","slug":"incumbent-noboa-wins-ecuador-presidential-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/incumbent-noboa-wins-ecuador-presidential-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent Noboa wins Ecuador presidential runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With 90 percent of the votes counted, the National Election Council said Noboa had an unassailable lead over his charismatic leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

Official results showed the 37-year-old president with 56 percent of the vote against Gonzalez’s 44 percent.<\/p>\n

Shocked by a weaker-than-expected showing, Gonzalez said she would call for a recount.<\/p>\n

“I refuse to believe that the people prefer lies over the truth,” she said. <\/p>\n

Noboa claimed an “historic” victory. “There is no doubt who is the winner,” he told jubilant supporters.<\/p>\n

Noboa narrowly won February’s first round, but not by enough to avoid another duel against a Gonzalez, who was bidding to become Ecuador’s first woman president. <\/p>\n

‘Ecuador is divided’<\/p>\n

The campaigns were dominated by anger over the lackluster economy and cartel violence that has transformed Ecuador from one of the safest countries in Latin America into the most deadly.<\/p>\n

In the volcano-ringed capital Quito, voters wrapped up against the Andean chill and flocked to the polling stations. <\/p>\n

“I think Ecuador is divided, but I think we all understand we are in a situation where we have to unite, whoever is leading the government,” said 21-year-old architecture student Camila Medina.<\/p>\n

In total, about 13.7 million Ecuadorans were obliged to vote. <\/p>\n

On the eve of the ballot, Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency in the capital and several provinces, underscoring the tense state of affairs. <\/p>\n

This once-peaceful nation averaged a killing every hour at the start of the year, as cartels vied for control over cocaine routes that pass through Ecuador’s ports.<\/p>\n

Noboa, the guitar-strumming son of a billionaire banana magnate, has staked his political fortunes on “iron fist” security policies designed to snuff out the gangs. <\/p>\n

He has deployed the military to the streets, captured drug capos and invited the United States to send special forces. <\/p>\n

By contrast, 47-year-old single mother Gonzalez pitched herself as a political everywoman, born to a humble family and laser-focused on improving the lot of poor Ecuadorans. <\/p>\n

Rampant bloodshed has spooked investors and tourists alike, fueling economic malaise and swelling the ranks of Ecuador’s poor to 28 percent of the population. <\/p>\n

‘Born with a problem’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quito (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Incumbent President Daniel Noboa claimed a runaway victory in Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday, with voters endorsing his “iron fist” approach to rampant cartel violence. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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