Quito, Feb 11, 2025 (AFP) - Ecuador's president claims 'irregularities' in first-round vote

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2025-02-11
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa claimed Tuesday there had been "irregularities" -- denied by observers -- in a first-round election in which he took a razor-thin lead, triggering a run-off. The official outcome of Sunday's vote gave Noboa 44.15 percent of the votes cast, followed by 43.95 percent for leftist challenger Luisa Gonzalez -- an outcome closer than predicted by opinion polls. "There were many irregularities," Noboa, 37, told a domesti......
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