Carlos Xavier Rabascall Salazar (born September 3, 1960) is an

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ian journalist, commercial engineer, businessman, and political consultant who is running for

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in the 2025 general election. He previously ran for

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in the 2021 general election.

Early life

Rabascall was born in

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on September 3, 1960 into a middle-class family. Because of the effects of the drug called

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, which affected the formation of the newborn, he was born without a leg, a situation that generated a "hard childhood because of discrimination" he explained later. Rabascall completed his basic training at Colegio La Salle and later graduated as a commercial engineer at the

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. He has also taken courses in Finance at IDE and participated in the Governance and Political Management Program of the Catholic University of Guayaquil under the auspices of

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Political career

In 2017, he was a member of the Front for Transparency and the Fight Against Corruption, a body in charge of proposing policies to prevent corruption in the public and private sectors. In December 2020, it was confirmed that he was part of the

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coalition together with

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, in the Ecuadorian presidential elections. In July 2024, Rabascall registered as a pre-candidate for

in the upcoming 2025 general election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabascall, Carlos 1960 births Living people People from Guayaquil Ecuadorian journalists

Early life

Political career

Further reading

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