Polls in Ecuador may see incumbent's return

ECUADOR's presidential election on Sunday is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young, conservative millionaire over the leftist protege of the country's most influential president this century.

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President Daniel Noboa and Luisa Gonzalez are the clear front-runners among the pool of 16 candidates. All have promised voters to reduce the widespread crime that pushed their lives into an unnerving new normal four years ago. The spike in violence across the South American country is tied to the trafficking of cocaine produced in neighboring C