At the age of 35, Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa is fulfilling the political dreams of his banana tycoon father, who failed five times to win the presidency. A fine wine fundi and musician, Noboa was born in the port city of Guayaquil into his billionaire father Alvaro's banana empire.
Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa cast his vote in a bullet-proof vest amid a rash of political assassinations in the violence-riddled country. Photo: MARCOS PIN / AFPAt the age of 35, Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa is fulfilling the political dreams of his banana tycoon father, who failed five times to win the presidency.
With a serious air, but tanned and sporty, Noboa focused his wooing on younger voters, using social media to campaign.in the run-up to Sunday's election as videos went viral of citizens posing with human-sized cardboard"Noboas" -- printed for the campaign -- showing up at house parties, riding the bus or lazing on the beach.
"He has made such general statements, so vague, that it is very difficult to identify" his political alignment, FLACSO university political analyst Simon Pachano told AFP.Noboa has vowed a"firm hand" against drug gangs that have turned Ecuador from one of the region's most peaceful countries into one of its most violent as they have fought an increasingly bloody war for supremacy.Noboa wants to create offshore prisons on barges to isolate the most violent inmates.
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