{"id":118362,"date":"2021-04-13T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118362"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:20:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:20:01","slug":"conservative-banker-lasso-wins-presidential-run-off-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118362","title":{"rendered":"Conservative banker Lasso wins presidential run-off in Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/world\/Conservative-banker-Lasso-wins-presidential-run-off-in-Ecuador-1230706?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/653\/65345104.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lasso got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>Lasso got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <br>QUITO, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Conservative banker Guillermo Lasso has won Ecuador&#8217;s presidential run-off vote.<br><br>The 65-year-old got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted, while left-wing candidate Andres Arauz received 47.48 per cent of the vote, the electoral office announced.<br><br>The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum.<br><br>Arauz is seen as the protege of former president Rafael Correa and a win would have likely seen him continue Correa&#8217;s policy of &#8220;21st century socialism,&#8221; increase subsidies and oppose the austerity programme demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<br><br>Lasso meanwhile campaigned on a liberal economic platform and wants to create jobs and attract foreign investors.<br><br>He is a member of the ultra-conservative Opus Dei association and is strictly against same-sex marriage and abortion.<br><br>The vote marked Lasso&#8217;s third presidential candidacy.<br><br>&#8220;For years I have dreamed of being allowed to serve Ecuadorians so that the country can advance and we can all have a better life,&#8221; he told supporters in the city of Guayaquil, according to newspaper El Universo.<br><br>&#8220;Today you have made that possible. It is the start of a new era of coming together,&#8221; he said.<br><br>Arauz conceded defeat and said he would phone his rival to congratulate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This was an electoral failure, but not a political or moral defeat,&#8221; he told supporters outside his home late Sunday.<br><br>The South American country is in a deep economic crisis due to the drop in oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.<br><br>The previous president, Lenin Moreno, had recently seen his popularity plummet and did not stand for re-election. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lasso got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted QUITO, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Conservative banker Guillermo Lasso has won Ecuador&#8217;s presidential run-off vote. The 65-year-old got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted, while left-wing candidate Andres Arauz received 47.48 per cent of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":118363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118362"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}