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The vote count in Ecuadors special presidential election points to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon. Ecuadorians

Leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzalez will face right-wing businessman Daniel Noboa at a second round election in October. Sunday's vote was tense after a top candidate was gunned down in broad daylight weeks earlier.

Quito, Aug 20 (EFE).- Leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez and center-right businessman Daniel Noboa were leading Sunday as the vote count reached 10 percent in Ecuador’s presidential elections. Gonzalez, running for the Citizen Revolution movement led by former President Rafael Correa, holds 32.61 percent of the votes, while Noboa has 24.66 percent. With 16.33 percent in …

The rise of the outsider candidate is a broader trend across the region | The Americas

Luisa González of former President Rafel Correas Revolucion Ciudadana (RC) was the most-voted candidate in Sundays elections in Ecuador marred by last weeks murder of Movimiento Construyes (MC) hopeful Fernando Villavicencio.

Voters in Ecuador cast their ballots in a special election Sunday to pick a new president, with police and soldiers on guard against unprecedented violence, including the assassination of a candidate this month.

Ecuador voters are participating in a presidential election that has been overshadowed by the assassination of a prominent candidate, highlighting the issue of drug-trafficking violence in the country.

Analysts react to the surprise result from the first round of the presidential election.

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Socialist candidate Luisa González and 35-year-old business heir Daniel Noboa will go to a presidential runoff election in Ecuador.