Historic presidential election in Ecuador begins 

Buenos Aires, Oct. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Voting has got under way in Ecuador’s presidential elections with voters given a choice between the country’s first female president and its youngest ever. 

Leftist politician Luisa González from the camp of ex-president Rafael Correa, who has been convicted of corruption, and banana entrepreneur Daniel Noboa are facing off following a campaign overshadowed by political violence. 

Noboa of the centre-right National Democratic Action alliance turnS 36 in November. He is the heir to his father Alvaro Noboa’s banana business empire. 

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