Ecuador’s Noboa wins presidential run-off, rival demands recount | Elections News

Right-wing incumbent has four-year term to implement promises to clamp down on crime and improve economy.

Ecuador’s right-wing President Daniel Noboa has been re-elected in a second-round election run-off.

The National Electoral Council declared late on Sunday that the incumbent, who has promised to boost the flagging economy and continue a crackdown on cartel violence, had won by a wide margin.

With more than 90 percent of ballots counted, the 37-year-old Noboa was reported to have taken…