Ecuador: Campaign begins ahead of the April 2nd runoff election Ecuadorean presidential candidate Lenin Moreno launches his campaign ahead of the April 2 runoff election, which will decide who succeeds leftist President Rafael Correa after a decade in power. Lenin, of Ecuador's ruling party, received just under 40 per cent of votes in the first round and is the favourite in the polls, ahead of his rival, businessman Guillermo Lasso. IMAGES