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Ecuador’s Trumpian Turn
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, his wife Lavinia Valbonesi and their son Alvaro attend the changing of the presidential guard ceremony at Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador, April 15, 2025
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DANIEL NOBOA— son of Ecuador’s richest man and a political ally of Donald Trump — has been declared the country’s president again following last week’s run-off election. But Luisa Gonzalez, candidate of the progressive Citizens’ Revolution, is refusing to recognise the results, demanding a recount and full audit in the face of widespread irregularities.
Such concerns are understandable. In the first round, both candidates received 44 per cent of the vote. Yet in the run-off, Luisa Gonzalez improbably remained on 44 per cent, while Daniel Noboa surged to 56 per cent. This is despite Gonzalez receiving endorsements from the third-place progressive indigenous candidate, from other progressive parties, and from a prominent figure to her right.
Polls in the run-up to the vote, along with exit and post election polls, also indicated a tight race — with Luisa mainly ahead — not a 12 per cent landslide for Noboa.
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