Ecuador goes to polls in tight presidential election
Polls suggest it’s a neck-and-neck race between Guillermo Lasso, a conservative banker and self-made millionaire and Andres Arauz, a socialist economist
07 February 2021 - 23:23
Quito — Ecuador went to the polls on Sunday in an election that will decide whether the country turns its back on the US and restores an alliance with socialist regimes in Cuba and Venezuela.
The result of Sunday’s voting has the potential to upend relations with Beijing or Washington, and could even jeopardise Ecuador’s continued use of the US dollar...
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