The recount confirms Lenin Moreno victory

In Ecuador, a recount of nearly 1.3 million votes cast in the Presidential election has showed no significant differences over previous results. National Electoral Council President, Juan Pablo Pozo, announced that the recount is over and it has ratified the results. According to the recount of about 10 per cent of the votes, the outgoing leftist President Rafael Correa's handpicked successor, Lenin Moreno defeated former banker Guillermo Lasso by a slightly larger margin than previously revealed. Opposition leader Lasso called for a recount of all ballots filed in the April 2nd election, citing allegations of fraud, but election authorities agreed only to a recount of disputed votes. With the recount now tallied, Lasso has exhausted avenues for challenging the results and Moreno is expected to take power next month.