Ecuadorians replaced one Leftist president with another
In a hotly contested April election, Ecuadorians replaced one Leftist president with another. The result was unusual in several ways.
Firstly, the new president, 64-year-old Lenin Moreno, is paraplegic and now the world’s only head of state in a wheelchair. In 2013, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his advocacy work for disabled people.
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