Presidentval i Ecuador – präglas av mord och knark
Väljare i Ecuador kommer i dag att rösta om vem som ska bli landets nästa president. Valet i den avgörande andra omgången står mellan mitten-höger-kandidaten Daniel Noboa och vänsterpolitikern Luisa González.
35-årige Noboa, som är ättling till en av Ecuadors rikaste familjer, har ett litet försprång till González enligt de senaste mätingarna.
Valrörelsen har präglats av mordet på presidentkandidaten Fernando Villavicencio som sköts ihjäl i augusti inför den första omgången.
En av väljarnas viktigaste frågor är landets problem med knarkrelaterat våld och organiserad brottslighet. Hittills i år har 5 900 mord noterats i Ecuador. Det är fler än siffrorna över de senaste årens helår.
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Luisa González
Wikipedia (en)
Luisa Magdalena González Alcivar (born 22 November 1977) is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer who is running for President of Ecuador in the 2023 general election. She was elected to the National Assembly in the 2021 legislative elections representing the Province of Manabi.
González served in various positions in the government of Rafael Correa from 2007 to 2017. She worked as the Ecuadorian general counsel in Spain prior to entering politics and briefly was the Secretary of Public Administration under the Rafael Correa administration from January to May 2017. She also served various positions in the Tourism Ministry in the Correa government.
In June 2023, González announced her candidacy for president in the 2023 election, one month after her tenure at the National Assembly ended when the incumbent president, Guillermo Lasso, invoked a measure from Ecuador's constitution known as muerte cruzada. She advanced to the October run-off election after coming in first place in the first round of voting, facing Daniel Noboa.
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Daniel Noboa
Wikipedia (en)
Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin (born 30 November 1987) is an Ecuadorian business administrator, politician and businessman in the banana industry. He is a presidential candidate in the 2023 general election. He was a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador, between 2021 and 2023. Prior to his political career, Noboa served in several positions at Noboa Corporation, an exporting business founded by his father Álvaro Noboa. He has been widely described as an heir to his father's company and fortune.In May 2023, Noboa announced his candidacy for president in the 2023 snap election running under the National Democratic Action ticket. He advanced to the run-off election in October, facing Luisa Gonzalez, in which many saw as an upset given his low polling numbers in the days leading up to the election.
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