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April 14, 2025

Ecuadorian Presidential Challenger Alleges Fraud After Incumbent Noboa Wins Reelection
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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa won reelection in a runoff vote
Sunday, according to preliminary results. But his leftist rival Luisa
González is challenging the official results, which show Noboa with a
lead of nearly 12 points.

Luisa González: "One of the exit polls gave us the victory. None showed
a difference like the one we are seeing at the Electoral Council. None.
Therefore, I report, before my people, before the media, before the
world, that Ecuador is experiencing a dictatorship. We are facing the
worst and most grotesque electoral fraud in the history of the Republic
of Ecuador."

Noboa is a businessman and heir to a banana industry fortune who's made
cracking down on crime his main priority. He's been condemned for
skirting legal norms in the process, including declaring a state of
internal armed conflict to more easily deploy the military. Noboa
declared another state of emergency on the eve of Sunday's election,
barring protests and other gatherings, and authorizing warrantless
searches.


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