President Daniel Nobova And a leftist opponent Louisa Gonzalez There will be controversy in the second round of the presidential election this Sunday (13) EcuadorThe indebted country, the drug trafficking is divided and submerged in violence.
Gonzalez, Uma 47 -Year -Yold LawyerHe wants to be the first woman in the election. Nobova, the founder of the 37 -year -old millionaire, tries to rule for another four years after winning the excellent initial elections in 2023.
Last years Are brutal For this country with a population of 18 million. The rise in the number of violence caused by drug trafficking, assassinating the presidential candidate, taking prisons by criminal groups, and their journalists broadcast live on the television broadcaster.
“There are pure blood, shots, kidnappings and exploits. You can’t live like that, and above that, you are not enough to win,” 23 -AR -AR -AR -AR -AFP Raquel Garcia, there is no fixed job.
Nobova and Gonzalez have actually tied the first round, with a difference of 0.17% in favor of the Left candidate. In the second round, analysts and research pointed out the vote controversy.
It “brought a lot of tension in this second round,” said the European Union’s observation mission deputy chief Jose Antonio de Gabriel Telemazonas. In the first round, Nobova’s fraud was ignored by international organizations.
Nearly 13.7 million residents were called for elections between 5 pm (9 and 19 o’clock in the morning) on Sunday.
Unemployment and poverty
Dolly, with strategic ports in Pacific and the world’s two largest cocaine producers in Colombia and Peru – Ecuador’s drug trafficking.
According to the statement of the internal armed conflict, the Noboa military has been placed on the streets since 2024, but violence has been ongoing. In January and February, there were more than 1,500 homicides, and so far the highest bloody year has been recorded.
After the record of 47 killings in 2023, the rate fell to 38 in 2024. However, the unique group insight is considered the highest in Latin America.
Candidates report threats and Walk through the streets around heavy security. More than 30 politicians and officials have been murdered since 2023.
“Ecuadorians vote under the pressure” insecurity, financial crisis, lack of employment and corruption “,” said Analyst Marisio Alorkan.
Candidates are expected to restore the economy with anti -economic models. Nobova applies neoliberalism, but Gonzalez seeks a more strong and liberal status with the poor.
The cost of spending a decade without oil bonanza has increased the government loan to 57% of the GDP, according to IMF.
Production has not reached 500,000 barrels per day since 2020. Unemployment and Ignoring have reached nearly 23%, and poverty in a country has reached 28%.
Strong success
Ecuador has been polarized for a decade.
One of the youngest rulers in the world, the heir to the banana tree businessman, is a picture of social networks.
Wearing a bullet -proof shirt and leading excellent military activities, he was supported as an Iron -handed politician against drug trafficking.
Despite the popularity, human rights organizations report the abuse in their security plan.
Louisa Gonzalez has promised security for human rights. She demonstrates the image of a woman from her lonely people and her mother’s mother. This is the political heir of the former Socialist President Rafael Korea (2007-2017), a man who divides the country.
“If Corism does not win this time, it will not be long,” said political scientist Simon Pachano.
Refuge in Belgium since Korea left power. By default, he was sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption and the goal of arrest warrant. He denies all the allegations.
Noboa won the extraordinary elections to complete the Gillermo Loso command, which was canceled by the Congress and called for the early elections to prevent the verdict of corruption.
One of the largest allies of the United States in the region was asked to ask the president to the military Donald Trump And it does not dismiss the possibility of installing foreign military bases in the country.
