Polls open in Ecuador with conservative incumbent and leftist lawyer leading presidential race 

A voter casts her ballot during the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador, Feb. 9, 2025. President Daniel Noboa, who is running for reelection, holds up his ballot before voting in the presidential election in Olon, Ecuador, Feb. 9, 2025.

Ecuador's presidential election Sunday is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a conservative young millionaire over the leftist protégé of the country's most influential president this century.