Powerful Indigenous Leader Signals Support for Ecuador Socialist

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Powerful Indigenous Leader Signals Support for Ecuador Socialist

Ecuador’s most powerful Indigenous leader, Leonidas Iza, said he is leaning toward supporting the socialist candidate in April’s runoff election, which may prove decisive in the tight race.

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Photo Wikimedia The second round of presidential elections will take place on April 13 in Ecuador, in which incumbent President Daniel Noboa and left-wing representative Luisa Gonzalez will compete to lead the country for the next four years. During the first round, the two candidates split 90% of the votes almost equally. For this reason, to secure a majority, they will now need to gain the support of the candidate who came in third. This is Le…