[mkempe]

Why? "Lenin Moreno was once a wealthy businessman and politician. But in 1998, he was shot in the back as gunmen stole his car from a parking lot in Quito. He was paralyzed from the waist down. Moreno overcame intense pain and bouts of depression to become a motivational speaker. He's written books about the healing power of laughter." This seems to explain a lot of what he has been doing in Ecuador, more so than his first name.

[nailer]

Probably because he's willing to back Spain about being called out for abuses surrounding Catalonia, as mentioned in the article?