Ecuador's Gonzalez loses backing of coalition

>>QUITO: Ecuador's leftist presidential challenger Luisa Gonzalez plans to formally challenge the result of last Sunday's election, claiming widespread fraud, although she has lost the support of a key allied party in disputing her defeat.

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Election authorities and outside observers have said incumbent President Daniel Noboa secured a future after sweeping the runoff vote that was held after a tight first round in February.

Mr Noboa leads the official vote tally by more than 1 million votes with 55.62% supporting him while Ms Gonzalez has 44.38%, with almost all votes counted, according to official data.

Mr Noboa said in an interview with CNN this week that his win was so large it was not up for discussion.