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.

Ecuadorean voters have reelected President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred crime-fighting record, but his opponent vowed to seek a recount over what she described as 'grotesque' electoral fraud.