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No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

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

No candidate in Sundays special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

Reporter Juan Carlos Calderon analyzes insecurity in Ecuador and talks about the impact of candidate Fernando Villavicencio’s murder.

The presidential election campaign has been marked by violence and the assassination of one of the candidates amid a wave of organized crime-related terror

Sunday's ballot has the names of eight candidates, including Fernando Villavicencio, the anti-corruption crusader who was killed Aug. 9 while leaving a campaign rally.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates — a crime that laid bare people’s fears over unprecedented violence in their once-calm nation. The winner faces a universal demand for safety, but how […]

Candidates vying to be Ecuadors next president held closing campaign events on Thursday, ahead of voting over the weekend in a contest clouded by the murder of anti-corruption candidate Fernando...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates -- a crime that laid bare peoples fears over unprecedented violence in their once-calm nation.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates — a crime that laid bare people’s fears over unprecedented violence in their once-calm nation. The winner faces a universal demand for safety, but how […]