479. Editorial Note
The Ecuadoran presidential election, held on June 3, resulted in the election of Camilo Ponce Enríquez, the candidate of the conservative Popular Alliance. The outcome of the election was not announced until July 27 when Ecuador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal stated that Ponce had defeated the runner-up, Raúl Clemente Huerta, by a margin of 3,043 votes. Ponce, the first conservative President of Ecuador since 1895, took office for a 4-year term on August 31. Documentation on this subject is in Department of State, Central Files 722.00 and 722.11.