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ECUADOR TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF ELECTION
QUITO, ECUADOR | 1-3 APRIL 2017

Ecuador will hold a runoff election on April 2nd to choose a successor for President Rafael Correa, in a vote being closely watched around Latin America.

The governing party candidate, Lenín Moreno led the nine-candidate field in the first round of election with 39.4 percent of votes, just short of the 40 percent threshold needed for an outright victory. Mr. Lasso finished second, with 28.1 percent.

Mr. Correa, the leftist leader of Ecuador’s so-called citizens’ revolution, was first elected president in 2007. He won praise for leading the country into a period of stability after a severe economic crisis that drove three presidents from office, but he has also been accused of having an authoritarian streak, particularly toward the news media, the opposition and the judiciary.

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