Ecuador is preparing for a presidential run-off election that will pit leftist frontrunner Luisa Gonzalez against the son of one of the country s richest men.
Once a peaceful haven, Ecuador has in recent years become a playground for foreign drug mafias - Copyright AFP Rodrigo BUENDIAPaola LOPEZEcuador is preparing for a presidential run-off election that will pit leftist frontrunner Luisa Gonzalez against the son of one of the country’s richest men. Daniel Noboa, 35, emerged from political obscurity with 24 […]
Daniel Noboa, son of Álvaro Noboa was Assemblyman for Santa Elena
He studied Business Administration at New York University (2010) and did his master’s in the same area at Northwestern (2019); and last year he finished another in Public Administration from Harvard. “I have prepared myself for this,” he says. He says that his mother, Anabella Azín Arce, accompanied him to campaign in Santa Elena. His “flag” proposal is a reform to the Fisheries Law, mainly regarding the safety of fishermen.
Noboa Azín and his brothers grew up between electoral campaigns. His father first ran for the presidency in 1998, when he was just 9 years old. And he did it again in 2002, in 2006, in 2009 and in 2013, without being elected. In 2006 and 2009, his mother