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Progressive candidate and renowned disability activist from the ruling Alianza Pais, Lenin Moreno has won the Ecuadorian presidential election Sunday. IN PHOTOS: Left or Right? Ecuadoreans Vote in Decisive Presidential Race With 94.18 percent of the official vote counted, Lenin defeated former banker Guillermo Lasso, candidate for the right-wing CREO-SUMO alliance with 51.07 percent to 48.93 percent, according to results issued by the country’s National Electoral Council on Sunday night.

Latin American leaders congratulated Lenin Moreno for his victory over former banker Guillermo Lasso in Ecuador’s presidential election. With 98.45percent of the official vote counted, Lenin defeated former banker Guillermo Lasso, candidate for the right-wing CREO-SUMO alliance with 51.14 percent to 48.86 percent, according to results issued by the country’s National Electoral Council early Monday morning.

Peace negotiations between the Philippine government and Maoist rebels started anew Sunday in Oslo, but without any ceasefire and with both parties warning of continuing violence. The conflict between the government and the New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has raged since 1968 and killed more than 40,000 people.