Ecuador elects conservative banker Guillermo Lasso as president

Ecuador will be led for the next four years by conservative businessman Guillermo Lasso after voters rebuffed a left-leaning movement that yielded an economic boom then a recession during a decade in power (Dolores Ochoa/AP)

Ecuador will be led for the next four years by conservative businessman Guillermo Lasso after voters rebuffed a left-leaning movement that yielded an economic boom then a recession during a decade in power.

Sunday’s election certainty did not extend to neighbouring Peru, where the presidential contest is headed to a run-off after none of the 18 candidates obtained more than 50% of the votes. Peru did, however, elect a new congress.