ECUADOR NEW HELMSMAN, DANIEL NOBOA IS YOUNGEST-EVER PRESIDENT

Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 per cent of votes counted, the electoral authority announced Noboa as the victor. Moments earlier, socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez conceded defeat and offered her “profound congratulations” to Noboa, “because this is democracy.” Addressing supporters in Quito, Gonzales also said she would not be claiming fraud. Ecuadorans voted for 10 hours Sunday with no reports of violence in a country gripped by a bloody drug war and a…

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