Daniel Noboa, a banana fortune heir, has won Ecuador's presidential runoff against rival Luisa Gonzalez, who could have become the country's first female leader.
Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador’s president. Now, he must answer the universal demand to make Ecuador safe again, which voters urged on all the candidates who originally jumped into the race amid a surge in unprecedented violence tied to drug trafficking. Noboa's proposals to tackle the crucial issue have run the gamut.
Daniel Noboa, a banana fortune heir, has won Ecuador's presidential runoff against rival Luisa Gonzalez, who could have become the country's first female leader.
A center-right businessman and a leftist candidate are vying for the presidency on Sunday at a moment when the country is facing growing insecurity fueled by international criminal groups.
Ecuadoreans are voting in the run-off of a presidential election that has been overshadowed by a crime wave which has turned the country into one of the most violent in the region. The first round of the election was held just days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicenio was shot dead in the capital, Quito. Voters will choose between centrist Daniel Noboa of the National Democratic Action coalition and Luisa González of the left-wing Citizen Revolution Movement.