An April presidential run-off in Ecuador will pit incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist Luisa Gonzalez, in an unexpectedly tight contest featuring the same two candidates as a 2023 snap election. Several polls had predicted Noboa,

The run-off would be a repeat of the snap election that put Noboa in office in 2023. “If the trend continues, Ecuadorians will return to the polls on April 13,” Diana Atamaint, president of the national electoral council,

Polls have opened in a presidential election in Ecuador that has shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young, conservative millionaire over the leftist protégée of the country