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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Ecuador to deliver verdict on ‘war on drugs’ in knife-edge presidential runoff

a woman raises her fist in front of a crowd of supporters
Luisa González, center, speaks to supporters at a rally in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Thursday. Photograph: Marcos Pin/AFP/Getty Images

Ecuadorians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote seen as a referendum on a “war on drugs” offensive that has led to numerous human rights violations, as the incumbent Daniel Noboa faces the leftist Luisa González in a tightly contested runoff.

Noboa, 37, edged out González, 47, in the first round in February by just 16,746 votes (0.17%) from a 13.7 million electorate.

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