- Title: Candidate Luisa Gonzalez, Correa's protégé, aims for presidency in Ecuador
- Date: 5th February 2025
- Summary: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (FILE - NOVEMBER 13, 2024) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF NISSAN GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS CARS INSIDE SHOWROOM AT NISSAN GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS NISSAN ARIYA ELECTRIC VEHICLE INSIDE SHOWROOM NISSAN EMBLEM ON FRONT OF ARIYA EV PEOPLE WALKING AROUND SHOWROOM NISSAN NOTE AURA INSIDE SHOWROOM STEERING WHEEL WITH NISSAN LOGO CAR
- Embargoed: 19th February 2025 11:13
- Keywords: Daniel Noboa Ecuador Luisa Gonzalez candidate election politics voting
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ECUADOR
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, ECUADOR
- Country: Ecuador
- Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA007874204022025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Ecuadorian leftist Luisa Gonzalez says she can save her country from the improvised policies of incumbent President Daniel Noboa with social investment and harsher penalties for criminals, but she faces an uphill battle to win Sunday's presidential election (February 9).
Gonzalez, who also faced Noboa in a 2023 contest when he was voted in to serve the remainder of his predecessor's term, is the best hope for returning the Citizens' Revolution party of her mentor, former President Rafael Correa, to power.
Several polls point to a run-off between 47-year-old lawyer Gonzalez, who would be the first woman elected Ecuador's president, and business heir Noboa, 37. Others have Noboa winning in the first round.
Gonzalez says she would respond to crime with major military and police operations, pursue allegedly corrupt judges and prosecutors, construct new renewable energy projects and low-interest credit for small and women-run businesses, as well as a social spending plan in violent areas.
Gonzalez and 14 other candidates have excoriated Noboa over continued violence on the streets, but none have suggested a major security strategy that differs significantly from the tough-on-crime measures he is already enacting.
Gonzalez, who describes herself as a single mother, animal lover and sportswoman, has said she, not Correa, will take decisions as president.
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