“Relive Ecuador”. The slogan that raised Luisa González acquires special resonance in a Ecuador which has the highest homicide rate in Latin America. At 47, This lawyer who has raised his two children almost alone And that he is a firm believer, he hopes that on Sunday night he will return his electoral campaign promise with the strength of a political miracle. “Living again” in a country sown with death by urban violence should not necessarily look at the past. Although he claims the figure of the former president Rafael Correain exile since 2017, he estimates that his possible arrival at the Carondelet Palace will tune with other needs and expectations. And it would be a woman, the first in Ecuadorian history, in charge of leading the process of change. González prepares for “shouting president with ‘A’“.
He was born in Quito, but his family settled as a child in the coastal province of Manabí, one of the most whipped by the actions of the drug traffickers. It is usually considered a genuine “manabita”, educated in the rigors of the campo and the custom of clearing the weeds with a machete. Prefers The “Currincho”, a traditional cane liquorto any other alcoholic or spirit drink. The taste of youth in the mouth is a regional identity mark that usually claim against a History of the economic abundance of his rival, Daniel Noboa. The first round of the presidential elections separated them by 16,746 votes, favorable to the son of the great banner. But the social abyss among them is greater.
Correismo claimed in 2006 his membership in the diffuse “Socialism of the 21st century”. Its flags accepted, in the case of Correa, an attachment to the positions of the Catholic church in matters related to the abortion. The ex -president’s religiosity had to impress González to the point of leaving the militancy in the conservative Christian Social Party and join the project that had emerged as a “citizen revolution.” González was formed under the imprint of Correa and, under his government, held second and third line positions in the state.
Known for his Strong temperament, taste for kitchen and disinhibition on the dance floorGonzález is, above all, a professional. It has two masters in senior management from the Institute of High National Studies, and in International Economics for the Complutense University of Madrid. Technical knowledge is not at odds with the spiritual. The Bible is a recurring reading. The fervor has found its registration in the body. A rose runs through his back. The stem is overflowing, like the life that decided to consecrate faith. Next to him, a verse from the Old Testament, Isaiah 41: 10-13: “Do not fear, because I am with you; do not pass out, because I am your God.”
Progressive and conservative
Although they prefer it to the rightist Noboa, feminist groups do not trust González too much. The candidate wanted to underline that her devotion does not see her sight. In the campaign he has not only advocated for a secular state but for the women’s rightsalthough without mentioning the aspects in which his opinion is immodifiable. Has signed together with Noboa the “Public commitment for childhood and life” which promotes the Society and Family Group, contrary to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy.
González does not differ substantially from his opponent in regard to the role that the Armed forces and the need for exemplary sanctions against those who commit crimes. However, it emphasizes that without social policies and respect for human rights, the fight against bands is lost in advance. It also defends an active participation of the State to abandon the dependency of the oil and at the same time solve the serious energy problems.
Pragmatism and need
Attachment to sacred texts does not limit your political pragmatism. González, who was defeated by Noboa in 2023, wants to win this time. And to achieve victory, try to be the difficult point of balance between different forces that want a change. Takes as vice president to Diego Borja, who served as Minister of Economy and Finance in 2006when the correism began. But she has achieved what was impossible for Correa: The support in the second turn of the Pachakutik movementpolitical arm of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). The native peoples took very badly with the former governor, whom they cross out of extractivist. The candidate does not want to tiltan Topican entrepreneur of the security sector and with experience in the foreign legion, to handle the Ministry of Interior. “This town has already lost fear. He rises and demands his feet rights “he has insisted during the campaign. In the street he says he perceives that his time has arrived.
