Business heir Noboa leading polls ahead of Ecuador vote

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Daniel Noboa, heir to a business fortune, is leading polls ahead of Ecuador's presidential contest later this month, though his rival Luisa Gonzalez, the protege of a former leftist president, saw rising support, a poll showed on Thursday.

Noboa, son of banana baron Alvaro Noboa, has focused his campaign on job creation, especially for young people, attracting foreign investment and the use of technology to fight a long crime wave.

"The debate basically didn't affect voting intention for Noboa ... but it raised support for Gonzalez ," Alvaro Marchante, the head of the pollster wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, referring to a Noboa has proposed benefits for companies that hire young people and said he will promote private investment in electricity transmission and oil refining operations.

Whoever is elected will govern in a shortened term until May 2025, when regularly scheduled elections will take place. This contest was called by current President Guillermo Lasso after he dissolved the legislature to avoid impeachment.

 

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