Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s conservative president, trounced his left-wing opponent, Luisa González, to win a second term. A 37-year-old heir to a banana fortune, Mr Noboa has been in office only since November 2023,

Defying predictions and expectations, incumbent Daniel Noboa won Ecuador’s presidential election with a clear lead, securing his power at a time when the right on the South American continent looks towards US President Donald Trump as a model to emulate.

Ecuador’s sovereign bonds surged after the country’s electoral authority declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of Sunday’s election, giving him a full four-year term to try to rein in cocaine violence and rouse the economy from its lost decade.