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Post by andrewteale on Nov 14, 2016 12:39:02 GMT
Lenín Moreno, incidentally, is a wheelchair user. He was shot during a robbery in 1998 and left paralysed.
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 14, 2016 13:46:50 GMT
Nice to see that Lenin has accepted the democratic system. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 10, 2017 12:55:10 GMT
Some interest for UK people in this, as Guillermo Lasso has promised that if he wins, he'll give Julian Assange 30 days to quit the London embassy.
Ecuador bans opinion polls in the period immediately before an election so the last ones were published yesterday, and had Lenin Moreno (PAIS Alliance - the left-wing nationalist party of incumbent President Correa) in a comfortable lead.
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Post by John Chanin on Feb 10, 2017 15:31:16 GMT
I shall be in Ecuador on the 19th February and will watch with interest, although my Spanish isn't really up to the job these days.
From a parochial point of view it's almost enough to get me to support Lasso if he gets rid of that weasel Assange. Correa did a good job as president, and I don't doubt Moreno will lead on first ballot, and win overall.
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Post by mrpastelito on Feb 10, 2017 16:01:02 GMT
Correa did a good job as president, and I don't doubt Moreno will lead on first ballot, and win overall. Made the same mistakes as Morales and Chavez though - spending commodity revenue on social welfare without investing in sustainable development. Commodity prices collapsing brings the entire system down. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 18:54:41 GMT
Initial results expected at 8pm (01:00 GMT) Do you got a link to them? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 19, 2017 19:05:59 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 19, 2017 21:07:06 GMT
So is Assange going to surrender himself to the Americans as he says, or to the country that actually does want to investigate him?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 20, 2017 1:03:15 GMT
General agreement that the runoff will be Lenin Moreno v Guillermo Lasso:  But third place is Cynthia Viteri with 14-15%, and her supporters would be more likely to transfer to Lasso. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 1:16:18 GMT
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Post by aross on Feb 20, 2017 1:53:20 GMT
General agreement that the runoff will be Lenin Moreno v Guillermo Lasso: But third place is Cynthia Viteri with 14-15%, and her supporters would be more likely to transfer to Lasso. There wouldn't be a runoff in all but the final of those scenarios. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 2:00:16 GMT
General agreement that the runoff will be Lenin Moreno v Guillermo Lasso: But third place is Cynthia Viteri with 14-15%, and her supporters would be more likely to transfer to Lasso. There wouldn't be a runoff in all but the final of those scenarios. Yes, if Moreno has got more than 40% of the vote and is at least 10% ahead of his nearest opponent he has won. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 2:04:12 GMT
As Correra said: Another strong triumph of the Ecuadorian people! Congrats Lenin!  EDIT: He hasn't won yet, but its likely he does |
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Post by Foggy on Feb 20, 2017 2:08:23 GMT
As Correra said: Another strong triumph of the Ecuadorian people! Congrats Lenin! Is he calling the 57% or so of people who didn't vote for his candidate non-Ecuadorians? Or 'enemies of the people', perhaps? That sounds like a dangerous road to go down. If he means it's a triumph of the people because citizens have taken part in an open, free and fair democratic exercise, then of course that's fine, but somehow I doubt that was his intention. It's 'Len ín' anyway.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 2:20:27 GMT
With 51.8 percent of ballots counted its 38.26% to Moreno vs. 29.86% for Lasso, so its going to be close. Right now there will be a run-off, but likely not in the end.
(apologies for earlier trolling)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 2:22:14 GMT
As Correra said: Another strong triumph of the Ecuadorian people! Congrats Lenin! (...) It's 'Len ín' anyway. No it isn't, because then there would be no joke. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 3:00:01 GMT
With 60.8% in it was:
Moreno 38.4%
Lasso 29.51%
Cynthia Viteri15.71%
Paco Moncayo 7.27%
Abdalá Bucaram 4.32%
Ivan Espinel 3.24%
Washington Pesántez 0.80%
Patricio Zuquilanda 0.75%
= second round
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 3:03:03 GMT
The CNE page is unreliable, but their last count has 38.66% to 28.92% with 72.3% counted. El Comerico is updating frequently and Miami Herald correspondent Jim Wyss is following the count on his twitter: twitter.com/jimwyss?lang=da |
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Post by Foggy on Feb 20, 2017 3:05:44 GMT
The lack of a run-off would not be a triumph for Swedish rape survivors who would like to see a certain egomaniacal Australian coward put on trial.
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