“Between the two great adversaries, the only candidate with the support of a political structure behind her is Luisa González,” said Franklin Ramirez, a political science research professor at the Latin American School of Social Sciences in Ecuador's capital, Quito.
Leftist politician Luisa Gonzalez again vying for Ecuador's presidency
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At the start of the campaign, she said Correa would be her adviser, but she later sought to distance herself a bit in an effort to court voters who oppose the former president.
Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to fortune, wins presidency in violence-wracked Ecuador
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