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In Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, heir to a fortune, wins presidential election

Ecuador,Politics

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QUITO, Ecuador — Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador’s president. And he did it Sunday on his first attempt, winning a runoff election against a leftist lawyer on the resume of a 35-year-old who belongs to the South American country’s elite, which means some schooling in the U.S., some entrepreneurial work, some dabbling in politics. Now, he must answer the universal demand to make Ecuador safe again, which voters urged on all the candidates who originally jumped into the...

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