A politician in Ecuador could make history as the first disabled president in all of Latin America if elected into office.
Lenín Moreno does not let his disability interfere with him holding public office. Moreno has been wheelchair bound since he was shot in a robbery in 1998.
Moreno was vice president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2013. After his vice presidency, Moreno served as Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility at the UN.
Moreno is a member if the centre-left party of Ecuador and was elected the official presidential candidate for the party on October 1.
Moreno strongly advocates for disabled people's rights.
To read more about Moreno, click here http://www.thecanary.co/2016/10/21/south-america-soon-first-physically-disabled-president-hes-left/
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