The right of the right is four years to implement the promises to deal with crime and improve the economy.
President of the right of Ecuador Daniel Noboa It has been re -elected in an election runoff of the second round.
The National Electoral Council stated on Sunday afternoon that the headlines, who promised to promote the card economy and continue a repression of Cartel’s violence, had won by a wide range.
With more than 90 percent of the counted ballots, it was reported that the 37 -year -old Noboa took 55.8 percent of the votes. This gave him a twelve -point advantage over the rival on the left Luisa Gonzalez.
However, his opponent, whose support polls had suggested that he was approaching the headlines, has demanded a count, claiming that the vote was fraudulent.
Noboa, who was elected in the SNAP election in 2023, now has a complete four -year mandate to continue its dividing « Hardia » (hard) Repression of violence linked to cocaine traffic produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru. Smuggling and associated crime has known Ecuador since 2021.
« The Ecuadorians talked. From tomorrow morning we will go to work, » Noboa told the supporters during a brief speech in his hometown of Olon. He also criticized his opponent’s fraud allegations.
Gonzalez, who may have been penalized in the polls due to his close links with the former president of the populist fire brand Rafael Correa, told Chanting to followers that the result was « the worst and most grotesque electoral fraud in the history of Ecuador ».
The results surprised many after the first round in February, when Noboa ended only 16,746 votes ahead of Gonzalez. This last candidate had the support of Leonidas IzaA powerful indigenous leader who won more than half a million votes in the first round.
But the voters were very worried about the rise in drug -related violence. The nation that was once an average of killing every hour at the beginning of the year, while the cartels went to control the cocaine routes that pass through the ports of Ecuador.
The rampant blood slope has frightened investors and tourists, feeding economic unrest and swelling the ranks of the poor of Ecuador to 28 percent of the population.
Noboa, heir to a family fortune built in banana trade, had taken his political fortunes in harsh security policies since he reached power 16 months ago, unfolding the military on the streets, capturing drug lords and inviting the United States to send special forces.
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