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            <span class="sc-a34861b-2 hesJxn">Reuters</span>
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    <figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 iUqqeb">Noboa told reporters in Santa Elena there was "no doubt as to who the winner" in the run-off vote was<!-- --></figcaption>
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    <p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ">Sitting centre-right President Daniel Noboa has won the run-off round of Ecuador's presidential election, meaning he will now serve a full four-year term.<!-- --></p>
    <p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ">Noboa, who described his victory as "historic", has only been in power since November 2023 after winning a snap election.<!-- --></p>
    <p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ">He has defined his presidency, so far, through a tough military crackdown on violent criminal gangs in the country, which has become the most violent in the region.<!-- --></p>
    <p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ">His left-wing challenger, Luisa González, said she did not accept the result and claimed fraud, without providing evidence.<!-- --></p>
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            <img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb(0...45)/live/6e1971a0-18d4-11f0-b0d4-73bc872d1128.jpg.webp 240w,https://.../320/cpsprodpb(0)...18d4-11f0-b0d4-73bc872d1128.jpg.webp 320w,https://[... Alpha-Instrumentist]:8080([...](0)*)/480/cpsprodpb(8)...882d1128.jpg.webp 480w,https://[... Alpha-Instrumentist]:8080([...](0)*)/640/cpsprodpb(7)...28d1128.jpg.webp 640w,https://[... Alpha-Instrumentist]:8080([...](0)*)/800/cpsprodpb(7)...88d1128.jpg.webp 800w,https://[... Alpha-Instrumentist]:8080([...](0)*)/1024/cpsprodpb(7)...88d1128.jpg.webp 1024w,https://[... Alpha-Instrumentist]:8080([...](0)*)/1536/cpsprodpb(7)...88d1128.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://[... Alpha-Instrumentist]:8080([...](0)*)/480/cpsprodpb(8)...882d1128.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Reuters Ecuadorean presidential candidate Luisa González addresses supporters during the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador April 13, 2025" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/>
            <span class="sc-a34861b-2 hesJxn">Reuters</span>
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    <p><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 iUqqeb">Luisa González addressed supporters in Quito on election

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gr8dw20evo