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August 21, 2023

Ecuador Sends Progressive Luisa González and Businessman Daniel Noboa to Presidential Runoff
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Ecuadorians also took to the polls Sunday for a snap presidential
election. Leftist Luisa González took the lead in the first round and
will face Daniel Noboa in a runoff election in October as neither
candidate won over 50% of the vote in the first round. González is a
member of former President Rafael Correa's Citizen Revolution Movement
party. Noboa is a businessman whose father, Álvaro Noboa, is one of
Ecuador's wealthiest people. Álvaro Noboa is a banana industry magnate
who previously ran for president and has been accused of multiple tax
and labor violations. Luisa González spoke to supporters Sunday.

Luisa González: "We don't want Lasso 2.0. We don't want anybody
disconnected from the people's needs, because then we would again face a
situation in which we would have a president that rules for the
companies and not for the needs of Ecuadorians."

At least three political leaders were killed ahead of Sunday's election,
including presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.


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