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Ecuador: Andres Arauz Takes Lead in Presidential Vote; Next Run-off on April 11 It was still too close to call whether the 36-year-old protege of former president Rafael Correa would face environmental activist Yaku Perez or conservative banker Guillermo Lasso in the next round. A soldier carries cardboard for ballot boxes at a polling station ahead of Ecuador s presidential election on February 7, in Quito, February 6, 2021. The writing on the cardboard reads The vote is secret. REUTERS/Johanna Alarcon World08/Feb/2021 Quito: Ecuadorean economist Andres Arauz on Sunday won a first-round victory in the country’s presidential election, moving the Andean nation a step closer to socialism following years of austerity measures made more painful by the pandemic.

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