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...French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet several times this month with energy high on the agenda....
...Glas was Correa’s vice-president and Luisa González, who lost to Noboa last year, was backed by Correa. González on Saturday called on Noboa to resign over the embassy raid....
...López Obrador claimed Ecuador’s right-of-centre candidates unfairly linked the crime to Noboa’s main rival, Luisa González, who was handpicked by Correa....
...At a Quito rally on Sunday night, González’s supporters celebrated her performance in the first round and said a run-off victory could presage a return to Ecuador for Correa....
...Since winning the first round of voting in August with nearly 34 per cent of the vote, González has sought to distance herself from Correa....
...Correa’s chosen candidate, Luisa González, became the early frontrunner thanks to his endorsement....
...González had campaigned on a platform of social spending similar to that of her mentor Rafael Correa, whose tenure as president from 2007-17 coincided with a commodities boom, heavy public spending and a...
...Marco Cumanicho, a teacher, said González represented a chance for Ecuador to return to the safer times during Correa’s tenure....
...On Sunday night, with nearly 70 per cent of the vote counted, González — an ex-lawmaker loyal to socialist former president Rafael Correa — had 33 per cent, followed by Noboa with 24 per cent....
...Market-friendly Noboa is viewed by investors as a safer bet than González, who if elected is expected to continue with the leftist economic policies of Correa....
...of former president Rafael Correa....
...Correa’s handpicked candidate, Luisa González, is viewed as the frontrunner in this month’s election, though polls show her performing well below the threshold needed to avoid a run-off....
...Leftist Luisa González was the frontrunner in the polls ahead of a media blackout earlier this month....
...The writer is an international trade lawyer and a former EU official Faced with the challenges of a volatile world, Emmanuel Macron’s push for European “strategic autonomy” is gaining ground across the...
..., a protégé of former president Rafael Correa, against Daniel Noboa, the son of Álvaro Noboa, a billionaire banana magnate....
...Correa’s chosen candidate, Luisa González, has become the early frontrunner thanks to his endorsement. Read more on Ecuador’s upcoming election. 5....
...Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron have both criticised Bolsonaro for allowing Amazon deforestation to soar....
...Flowers are one of Ecuador’s biggest exports but getting hold of the roses and astromelias cultivated on the outskirts of Quito has become almost impossible for florist Kairo Gonzalez....
...We can’t afford giveaways,” said 47-year-old Magali González as she shopped for food on Saturday at Quito’s central market, which was far quieter than usual due to the pandemic....
...His wife, Miriam González Durántez, worked as a lawyer in London; the couple have three sons....
...Arancha González, Spain's foreign minister, called the initial attempt to use the restrictions in this way an “accident”. “The mishap has been repaired,” she told the BBC's Newsnight....
...“It’s great to see how a Spanish company is leading in the US,” said Arancha González, Spain’s foreign minister, who Mr Galán called with the news on Wednesday....
...(FT) Berger on board In a positive signal for French president Emmanuel Macron, there are signs that Mr Philippe’s move could win round moderate trade unions....
...“The clear message was that the state does not have control in that territory,” said Catalina Pérez Correa, an expert on security at CIDE university....
...Tit-for-tat Arancha González, executive director of the International Trade Centre, joins us to answer three blunt questions....
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