Ecuador Votes in Tight Presidential Runoff: Noboa vs Gonzalez | Live
Ecuadoreans vote on Sunday in what is expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who says he needs more time to combat drug gangs and boost the economy, and leftist Luisa Gonzalez, whose election would mark a return to the socialist policies which governed the country for a decade.
Murders, gun smuggling, fuel theft, extortion and other crimes carried out by local criminal groups allied with Mexican cartels and the Albanian mafia have spiked over the last five years as the economy has struggled to recover post-pandemic and unemployment has risen.
Noboa, who has been president for just over 16 months after beating Gonzalez in a 2023 race to finish out his predecessor's term, finished just 16,746 votes ahead of his rival in a February first round and pollsters say either could win.
Both candidates, as well as Gonzalez's mentor, former President Rafael Correa, have urged their observers to guard against potential fraud. They each have more than 45,000 polling place observers.
Noboa, a 37-year-old business heir, says his 'Phoenix' security plan, including military deployments on the streets, beefed up port security and more seizures of drugs and guns, is paying dividends, including a 15% reduction in violent deaths last year.
"Ecuadoreans want real change," Noboa said at his final campaign event in Guayaquil on Thursday. "This Sunday we will teach a lesson to that failed revolution, to those bad officials who attack us, to all the mafias that have taken our peace and to all the corruption that has stopped us moving ahead."
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