Ecuadorians to Choose Between Lenin and a Tax-Cutting Banker
- Voters go to polls April 2 as economy emerges from recession
- Moreno has pledged to continue policies of President Correa
Lenin Moreno speaks in Quito on March 30, 2017.
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After a year in which much of Latin America moved to more market friendly policies, Ecuadorians must decide Sunday whether to continue with a decade of left-leaning populism or change tack and vote in a career banker who is promising to cut taxes and open up the country’s economy.
Opinion polls have given Lenin Moreno, 64, a loyalist to current President Rafael Correa, a narrow lead over conservative Guillermo Lasso, 61, but with no surveys for the past week, Sunday’s vote remains too close to call. Moreno won the first round of voting on Feb. 19 by 39.4 percent to 28.1 percent for Lasso.