Ecuador: Understanding the re-election of right-wing president Daniel Noboa

Ecuador's re-elected president, Daniel Noboa, said this Thursday to be open to re-establishing diplomatic relations with Mexico, broken since 2024, but on the condition of not releasing former vice president Jorge Glas convicted of corruption.

Ecuador: Understanding the re-election of right-wing president Daniel Noboa

How exactly did Daniel Noboa manage to sway Ecuadorian swing voters?Originally published on Global VoicesCollage made by Global Voices using Canva Pro. From left to right: Annabella Azín, member-elect of the National Assembly of Ecuador and mother of Daniel Noboa. Daniel Noboa, President-elect of Ecuador, and Lavinia Valbonesi, First Lady of Ecuador. On April 13, 2025, 37-year-old businessman Daniel Noboa, one of the world’s youngest presidents,…

The re-elected president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, said this Thursday in an interview that Israel wants to “help” Quito with intelligence in the war on crime, promptly against the cartels that bleed out the South American country. Once considered a beacon of peace in a conflict region, the small Andean nation of almost 18 million inhabitants is involved in a bloody territorial war between rival narcos and international mafias that are fighting t…

Ecuador's re-elected president, Daniel Noboa, said this Thursday to be open to re-establishing diplomatic relations with Mexico, broken since 2024, but on the condition of not releasing former vice president Jorge Glas convicted of corruption."We are open, we can talk and we can work together as long as the condition is not to release people sentenced by Ecuadorian law," Noboa said in an exclusive interview with AFP in Paris, referring to the th…