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August 22, 2023

Who Is Positioned to Become the Next Leader of Ecuador?

Luisa González, the candidate of former President Rafael Correa’s movement, won the most votes in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election on Sunday. // Photo: González Campaign.

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  • Former lawmakers Luisa González and Daniel Noboa emerged as the top vote-getters in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election on Sunday. González, a protégé of former President Rafael Correa, won 33 percent of the vote, and Noboa, the son of banana magnate Álvaro Noboa, won 24 percent of the vote. With neither candidate securing enough votes to win the election outright, a runoff is scheduled for Oct. 15. What are the major factors driving support for each candidate? What issues and developments between now and the second round will decide the election? What are the biggest differences in the directions that González and Noboa would take Ecuador as president? How well would each of the candidates be able to work with the new National Assembly?

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Alberto Acosta-Burneo, editor of Weekly Analysis in Guayaquil: “Daniel Noboa was the electoral surprise. After consistently trailing in all the polls, he managed to surge to second place in a matter of days and advance to the runoff. His success was attributed to the support from youths. He presented himself as a new figure, made proposals that appealed to the future and distanced himself from the traditional politicians. He took care to even separate himself from the traditional dispute between ‘correismo and ‘anticorreismo,’ which has marked the politics in recent years. Correismo garnered around one-third of the electorate and heads into the second round in first place. This result aligns with the strong base of support that it has received in previous elections. Its proposal: to return to the glorious past when Rafael Correa was president. To win in the second round, both candidates will need to…”

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