Without party or experience in managing the state, Daniel Noboa At 35, he becomes the youngest president in Ecuador’s history. A warning to political organizations embedded in ancient structures that look into the future with a rearview mirror. The banana tycoon Alvaro Noboaone of the richest in the country, tried to arrive five times Carondelet Palace. Could not. His son, with Minimum age for candidacywas invisible in the August 20 election polls because he did not face his seven rivals, and won the runoff against him Luisa GonzálezBishop of the former president Rafael Correa.
Fulfill Lasso’s mandate
Noboa, who has barely two years of experience as a lawmaker in the National Assembly, must fulfill the mandate Guillermo Lasso. The current president, cornered by a political trial that would result in his dismissal for alleged corruption, activated the 17th of May For the first time in history, death has been transcended. A constitutional resource, perhaps a method of survival, introduced during the government of his arch-rival Correa, who fled to Belgium to avoid an eight-year prison sentence for bribery. That meant dissolving the legislature and bringing forward elections scheduled for 2025.
They were the eve of the crime that overshadowed the campaign and in some ways exacerbated the phenomenal crisis of insecurity that Ecuador is suffering from Drug trafficking. Seven Colombians shot the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. There were still 11 days left until the elections. An assassination attempt comparable to that of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan in 1948 and Luis Carlos Galan 1989 in Colombia or that of the former Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994. Six of the seven hitmen died mysteriously in the Litoral Penitentiary, the largest prison in the country. The other was shot in the attack.
As in Argentina and other countries, prisons have become the headquarters of drug lords
Ecuador is the world’s largest exporter of cocaine. The mafias linked to Colombian and Mexican cartels are fighting among themselves. As in Argentina and other countries, prisons have become the headquarters of drug lords. The deceased reported it in 2019 VillavicencioJournalist by profession, co-authored the book Arroz Verde, the bribery industry Christian Zurita. An in-depth study of the parallel government established during the administration of Belt to cope with millions in bribes from the drug trade and the inflated prices for a large number of public construction projects.
They had killed shortly before Villavicencio’s death Rider Sanchez, candidate for Assemblymember of Esmeraldas. Then the mayor of Manta, Agustin IntriagoAnd Pedro Briones, from Revolución Ciudadana, Correa’s party. They also tried to kill Estefany Puente, candidate for the National Assembly. And they murdered the Salinas mayoral candidates, Julio Cesar Farachioand from Puerto López, Oscar Menendez. In this context of unprecedented violence with extortions, kidnappings and murders, the candidates had to protect themselves with helmets and bulletproof vests.
Why did an undercover man like Noboa, branded an underdog and bottom in the polls, finally win? Or why did the chips deployed by Correa, in power between 2007 and 2017, cause the number of workers to increase for the second time in the presidential elections?
Noboa defines himself as a social democrat, but had the support of the right against a Bolivarian axis that lost
Noboa defines himself as a social democrat, but he had the support of the right against a Bolivarian axis that missed the boat with corruption court rulings against former presidents and derailed in Venezuela, his birthplace, and Nicaragua. The comeback from last place in the polls was thanks to his proposal for change in a polarized and jaded society. Or the other way around.
The strategy
Noboa, like Lasso in 2021 vs Andres Arauz, another Correa runner, beat González by four points. What was your strategy? Connect with the new generations. His wife influenced that, Lavinia ValbonesiNutritionist, 25 years old, famous for her videos about healthy living and food on social networks.
The personal treatment, without paying too much attention to Correa, allowed him to distance himself from González, who was tied to the former president’s shadow. His age also had a lot to do with communication codes that were alien to classic, traditional politics.
Who supports Noboa, who only has 50 of the 137 seats in the National Assembly?
Who supports Noboa, who only has 50 of the 137 seats in the National Assembly? An alliance between Popular movement, equality and democracywhich is part of the moderate left, and the party Movefrom the former president Lenin Morenoseparated from Correa after serving as his vice president.
What does Noboa suggest for this? 17 months of government? Freedom of enterprise and economic liberalism. A sign of a model’s exhaustion. Correas. To his advantage, he insists on the exhaustive theory of lawfare (interested legalization of politics) as a vaccine against impunity. Youth, divine treasure. Or move and get out. A beginner’s experience.