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Polls Close In Ecuador's Razor-tight Presidential Runoff

The election has been dominated by anger over cartel violence (Credit: AFP)

Polls closed in Ecuador's too-close-to-call presidential election Sunday, with incumbent Daniel Noboa hoping to fend off a charismatic leftist challenger after a campaign dominated by drug-related violence.

The 37-year-old president narrowly won February's first round, but not by enough to avoid another duel against a resurgent Luisa Gonzalez, who is bidding to become Ecuador's first woman president.

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