This Monday, the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, ordered the closure of the borders with Colombia and Peru for the elections to be held next Sunday, February 9.
“Given the destabilization attempts of armed groups, from Saturday 8 to Monday, February 10, the borders will remain closed,” he wrote through social networks.
Likewise, the ports will be guarded by security agencies both in the north and south of the country.
Noboa, who is completing the mandate of former president Guillermo Lasso, who invoked a constitutional clause to convene early elections on August 20, 2023, will seek his presidential re -election on Sunday, on a day in which he will be measured with another 15 candidates, among They, the one that on paper is their main contender, Luisa González.
