Ex-banker Lasso wins Ecuador’s presidency

Ecuadorean ex-banker Guillermo Lasso, 65, won the nation’s presidency, taking 52.52% of the vote in the runoff. Electoral authorities confirmed that Union for Hope (UNES) candidate Andres Arauz had won 47.48% of the vote. A few minutes earlier, this leftist politician publicly congratulated the president-elect. “It’s a day in which all Ecuadoreans have decided their future,” Lasso said. “They have used their

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Peruvians cast ballot for next President

Some 25 million Peruvians are set to choose the country’s fifth president on Sunday (April 11). They also vote for 130 members of Congress. Voting is mandatory in the Latin American country of 33 million but more than a quarter of respondents intend to leave their vote blank, don’t know who they will vote for, or won’t choose any of the candidates,

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