Lula acknowledges Noboa's victory, contested by the opposition

247 – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva congratulated, in a statement released this Monday (14), Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa for his declared victory in Sunday’s (13) election in the Andean country, affirming that Brazil will continue working to maintain a productive bilateral agenda.

Lula highlighted key areas of cooperation such as the defense of multilateralism, strengthening regional integration, and promoting sustainable development in the Amazon. "I greet the Ecuadorian people and the re-elected president, Daniel Noboa, for the elections held on Sunday, April 13. Brazil will continue working with Ecuador in defense of multilateralism, South American integration, and the sustainable development of the Amazon," reads the document signed by the president and released by the Palácio do Planalto.

Noboa and the country’s electoral authority said he secured a full four-year term on Sunday, while his leftist rival, Luisa González, described the unexpectedly wide victory of the right-wing leader as a grotesque fraud.

González told her supporters she would not accept the results — 56% for Noboa, compared to her 44% — and said she would demand a recount.