Guillermo Lasso, conservative ex-banker and preferred market candidate, has been elected Ecuador's next President. Lasso gained 52.44% of the vote, with Arauz on 47.56%, at the time of writing, according to the national electoral council, a margin of...

Ecuador's national electoral council (CNE) confirmed yesterday that conservative banker Guillermo Lasso came second in the first round of the country's presidential election vote on 7 February and will therefore progress to the second round. He will ...

Guillermo Lasso of the Creo party looks set to have edged ahead of Yaku Perez, the indigenous Pachakutik party candidate, in a race to secure a place in the 11 April run-off election. At the time of writing, the latest official results are: Arauz 32....

Ecuador's presidential election will go to a second round in April with the least market-friendly result appearing to emerge after the first round yesterday, rather than the run-off many had been expecting, according to preliminary results. An Arauz-...

Ecuador goes to the polls on Sunday and whatever happens, it will deliver a new president as incumbent Lenin Moreno is not standing after completing just one term. The second review is scheduled in April, although it will be the forward looking commi...