Election28 Mar 2025 19:13
On March 23, Ecuador’s incumbent President Daniel Noboa and his challenger, Luisa Gonzalez, faced each other in a heated debate broadcast on national television.
What could have been a pivotal opportunity to explain policies that could shape the outcome of the election turned into bitter personal attacks between the two candidates.
Gonzalez, candidate for the Citizen Revolution party and a former Labor Minister, focused her answers as attacks against Noboa according to El Universo and consulted analysts. They also agreed that Noboa did manage to present some of his presidential proposals.
With no clear winner to the debate, Ecuadorians are left with no further insight into where their votes will go. The polls still remain unclear.
The debate has made voters more polarized, with many taking to social media site X to express their opinions. Stalin Andino, Legal Secretary of the President of the Republic, used the phrase that González used against Noboa during the debate, “don’t lie.”
Political analyst Antuan Barquet, quoted in El Universo, explains the different approaches of the candidates. González aimed to proclaim “order, work and peace” whilst Noboa talked mainly about “future and freedom”. González has previously said, “We do not want a state of war, we want the construction of peace.”
Noboa claimed throughout the debate that González’s aim was to eliminate the dollarization system in Ecuador. However, González assured the viewers that she wanted to strengthen it. Noboa recently issued a decree to ratify the US dollar as the sole currency in Ecuador.
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