Lenin Moreno, Elected at the Polls and Ratified after Vote Recounting – Prensa Latina

Lenin Moreno, from the ruling Alianza PAIS Movement, is the president-elect of Ecuador after winning the majority of votes, and after more than 300,000 ballots were recounted. The second round of elections on April 2 certified the victory of the former vice president, who won 51.15 percent of votes, while his rival, the ex-banker and leader of the CREO-SUMA coalition, Guillermo Lasso, got 48.85 percent. Read more>>