Millionaire banker Guillermo Lasso wins Ecuador presidential election
12 April 2021 - 21:36
Millionaire banker Guillermo Lasso unexpectedly won Ecuador's presidency on promises to revive an economy battered by the coronavirus while his rival's vows of a return to socialist largesse failed to win over a sceptical electorate.
Lasso took 52% of the vote in the run-off after a campaign that pitted free market economics against the social welfare plans of economist Andres Arauz, a win probably helped by a ballot spoiling campaign that left one in six ballots void...
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