Heir to banana fortune wins Ecuador’s presidential election

Heir to banana fortune wins Ecuador’s presidential election
Daniel Noboa votes in Olon, Ecuador (Martin Mejia/AP)
Mon, 16 Oct, 2023 - 03:32
Regina Garcia Cano and Gonzalo Solano, Associated Press

Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, has won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election.

With about 96% of the votes counted from Sunday’s ballot, electoral officials said Mr Noboa had 52.2% of the votes, compared to 47.8% for Luisa Gonzalez, a leftist lawyer and ally of exiled former president Rafael Correa.

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