Progressive candidate Andrés Arauz has the advantage ahead of Ecuador’s run-off election

Andrés Arauz of the progressive Union for Hope alliance (UNES) won the first round in the Ecuadorian presidential elections that were held on February 7

February 08, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

Andrés Arauz of the progressive Union for Hope alliance (UNES) won the first round in the Ecuadorian presidential elections that were held on Sunday, February 7. It is not fully clear who is in the second place as the results showed a technical tie between Guillermo Lasso of the right-wing Creating Opportunities  ( CREO) party and Social Christian Party (PSC) and Yaku Pérez of the Indigenous Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement party.