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Montevideo, April 24th 2025 - 07:50 UTC

Tag: Daniel Noboa

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Maduro says Ecuadorean elections “a horrendous fraud”

    Maduro said the Venezuelan opposition was behind the events in Ecuador

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, who remained in power following controversial elections that the opposition claims to have won, said Sunday's polls in Ecuador, where Daniel Noboa was reelected with 55.64% of the vote, were a “horrendous fraud.” The Chavista leader urged Ecuadorians to resist and defend their sovereignty.

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  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Orsi reviews fraud allegations and congratulates Noboa on his win

    Vargas Llosa was a “genius” regardless of his ideology, Orsi also pointed out

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi congratulated Daniel Noboa on his reelection in Ecuador after discussing the fraud allegations with Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin, it was reported in Montevideo. The Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) leader also mourned the passing of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and reviewed the Arazatí Water Project as well as the country's situation regarding soup kitchens and homelessness.

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  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Noboa reelected as President of Ecuador

    Noboa celebrated, although González did not acknowledge defeat and spoke of fraud

    Daniel Noboa was reelected president of Ecuador with nearly 56% of the vote against Luisa González's almost 44.2% in Sunday's runoff, the National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed. It was a rematch of the 2023 runoff in which Noboa prevailed as well.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 19:05 UTC

    Ecuador closing campaigns ahead of Sunday's runoff

    Ecuador will have to choose between Noboa and González in a close run-off

    Ecuador's presidential contenders, the incumbent Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González, are rounding up their campaigns ahead of Sunday's runoff, which will be a rematch of the Oct. 15, 2023, elections, where the banana businessman was elected to fulfill the departing Guillermo Lasso's term.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:25 UTC

    Gellibert appointed again as Ecuador's VP in charge

    Gellibert appointed again as Ecuador's VP in charge

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa appointed Cynthia Gellibert as Vice President on Saturday, replacing Veronica Abad, who was disenfranchised for two years by the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE) in a 3-2 decision issued in a gender-based political violence counterclaim filed by Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld following Abad’s initial lawsuit against Noboa and others for alleged harassment.

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 19:26 UTC

    Ecuadorean President's family linked to cocaine shipments to Europe

    The scandal unfolds as Noboa campaigns for reelection against González at the upcoming April 13 runoff, a rematch of when he was first chosen

    The banana producing and trading firm belonging to Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa's family has been linked to cocaine exporting to Europe, hidden in fruit shipments from the port of Guayaquil. Journalist Andrés Durán -known locally as “The Chochologist”- has fled the country due to death threats. He claims to have evidence against Noboa Trading.

  • Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 09:28 UTC

    State of Emergency extended in 7 Ecuadorean provinces

    Citing “grave internal commotion,” Noboa issued Executive Decree 552, extending the measure

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa extended this week the state of emergency for 30 more days in seven provinces and two municipalities, including the capital, Quito, to curb insecurity and maintain public order, social peace, and peaceful coexistence.

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Ecuador: Opposition candidate celebrates “victory” after qualifying for runoff

    Despite leading the race, Noboa made no comments after voting (Pic EFE)

    Ecuadorean opposition candidate Luisa Gonzalez, a protégé of former President Rafael Correa (2007-2017), celebrated victory Sunday. She and the incumbent Daniel Noboa were on the brink of being confirmed as having qualified for April 13's runoff after neither clinched a decisive 50% majority.

  • Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 09:42 UTC

    Runoff seems inevitable after Sunday's elections in Ecuador

    All pollsters foresee Noboa and González qualifying for the second round

    A runoff scheduled for April 13 seems inevitable in Ecuador after this coming Sunday's elections. Pollsters do not seem to agree on the exact figures but all of them foresee that incumbent President Daniel Noboa and his leftwing challenger Luisa González would finish among the two top contenders with neither clinching a decisive majority of at least 50%.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

    Presidents of Colombia and Ecuador meet in Galapagos

    Petro highlighted that both countries had common strengths

    Presidents Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia met Sunday at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands to discuss environmental protection initiatives, border cooperation, and other matters of mutual interest, such as drug trafficking and energy integration.

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