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Left loses Ecuador runoff (again). Argentina bailed out by the IMF (again). And the death of Mario Vargas Llosa.

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Ignacio Portes & Lucas Berti
April 15, 2025 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Ecuador’s left denies defeat after third consecutive runoff loss

Daniel Noboa won a full term after serving as caretaker president. Photo: Richard Castro/Guayas

Daniel Noboa won a full term after serving as caretaker president. Photo: Richard Castro/Guayas

Ecuador’s Citizen Revolution Movement began Sunday with high hopes that its third consecutive bid to reclaim power in a runoff would finally succeed.

  • Polling markets had tilted slightly in favor of its candidate, Luisa González, buoyed by her unexpectedly strong showing in the first round. 

  • But optimism quickly faded as incumbent President Daniel Noboa secured a decisive victory — widening the margin by which he had previously defeated the left-wing lawyer in their 2023 face-off.

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