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A shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake left at least one person injured, dozens of buildings damaged and knocked out power in the Ecuadoran port city of Esmeraldas on Friday.

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Verónica Abad claims Daniel Noboa, her former running mate, used state power to tilt the vote

Daniel Noboa has been re-elected as president of Ecuador with a margin that has surprised most observers. Just weeks before the April 13 runoff, polls had him neck and neck with his left-wing rival, Luisa González. In the end, Noboa secured about 56% of the vote against González’s 44%, a…

With over 90 percent of the votes counted, the National Election Council said Noboa had an unassailable 12-point lead over his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez.

The right-wing politician, whose campaign centred on fighting crime and revitalising the economy, received around 56% of the vote on Sunday. But his rival Luisa González has demanded a recount.

Noboa made armed forces central, initially leading to drop in crime but also to surge in reports of rights violations

Polls closed in Ecuador's too-close-to-call presidential election Sunday, with incumbent Daniel Noboa hoping to fend off a charismatic leftist challenger after a campaign dominated by drug-related violence.

Leftwing challenger Luisa González in statistical tie with President Daniel Noboa who champions ‘iron fist’ policy