Ecuador Re-elects President Daniel Noboa Amid Nationwide Unease Over Crime

Daniel Noboa, nan tough-on-crime firebrand president of Ecuador, was re-elected successful Sunday's runoff.

Noboa, moving nether nan right-wing National Democratic Action statement label, handily defeated Luisa González of nan leftist Citizen Revolution Movement – nan statement of influential erstwhile President Rafael Correa. 

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Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, moving for re-election, waves aft accompanying his moving mate, Maria Jose Pinto, to formed her ballot during nan statesmanlike elections successful Quito, Ecuador, connected Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

According to nan National Electoral Council, Noboa received astir 55.8% of nan ballot to González's 44%. 

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Over 90% of ballots person been tabulated, according to The Associated Press. Over 13 cardinal group were eligible to ballot – and successful Ecuador, voting is compulsory.

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A Miami-born heir to a ample banana waste and acquisition fortune, nan mostly politically-inexperienced Noboa emerged arsenic nan astonishment victor of a 16-month presidency pursuing a 2023 threat predetermination to win erstwhile President Guillermo Lasso.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.