Presidential rivals face off for second time in Ecuador

Army soldiers carry electoral kits at a polling station in preparation for Sunday’s presidential election, in Quito (Dolores Ochoa/AP)

A conservative young millionaire, who is the incumbent president, and a leftist lawyer are again the choices as Ecuador heads to the polls in the second presidential run-off election in under two years.

President Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa Gonzalez have promised voters solutions to the extortions, killings, kidnappings and other crimes that became part of everyday life as Ecuador emerged from the pandemic.