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Ecuador is holding a special election to pick a new president amid unprecedented violence, including the assassination of a candidate.

Thousands of extra police and soldiers have been deployed to protect the polls against unprecedented violence. One of the top candidates was gunned down in broad daylight in the leadup to the vote.

Ecuador is holding a special election to pick a new president amid unprecedented violence, including the assassination of a candidate.

Security has taken centre stage in the vote after the Aug. 9 murder of anti-corruption candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a former investigative journalist and lawmaker who was gunned down while leaving a campaign event

Ecuador is holding a special election to pick a new president amid unprecedented violence, including the assassination of a candidate.

Voting has begun in Ecuadors presidential election on Sunday, with eight candidates running and only five projected to advance to the second round, according to pre-election polls.

Early results in Ecuador's special presidential election point to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon. Ecuadorians voted Sunday amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a presidential candidate at the end of a campaign rally less than two weeks before the election. Leftist Luisa González appears set to advance to an Oct. 15 runoff, according to early results released by electoral authoriti...

Ecuador is holding a special election to pick a new president amid unprecedented violence, including the assassination of a candidate.

The vote count in Ecuador's 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 voted Sunday amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a presidential candidate at the end of a campaign rally less than two weeks before the election. Leftist Luisa González appears set to advance to an Oct. 15 runoff, according to early results released by electoral authori...

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.