Heir to a banana fortune who pledges a hard line on rocketing violent crime
, the heir to a banana fortune who pledges a hard line on rocketing violent crime, employment for the young and foreign investment, will becomer’s youngest president at 35 after winning by a margin of around five points over his rival, the leftist lawyer Luisa González.
Mr Noboa, the millennial son of Ecuador’s richest man and five-time presidential candidate Álvaro Noboa, was the surprise entry into the second round in August. His calm and unconfrontational style made him popular, particularly with voters aged between 18 and 29 who make up a third of the electorate.
Arianna Tanca, an Ecuadorean political analyst, said the stakes were high and urged the former congressman to think about the “future of the country and not preserving his square metre of power”. “Ecuadorians need peace, we can’t stand the violence any more, this war,” said Carla Espinoza, voting in Quito on Sunday.
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