name: Alvaro Noboa

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Ecuadorean presidential candidate Alvaro Noboa (L) greets a victim of a recent explosion in the Galapagos army brigade headquarters in Riobamba, November 22, 2002. A total of four military personnel and four civilians were killed, 140 people were injured and about 100 houses were blown up or severely damaged, when a dropped grenade blew up during maintenance on November 20 afternoon and triggered an explosive chain reaction, officials said. Ecuadoreans head to the polls November 24 to elect a new president in a two-way runoff between retired Col. LucioGutierrez, who is backed by Indians and leftist unions, and banana magnate Noboa, the country's richest man. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo