Ecuador weighs two very different economic visions in election
Quito, Ecuador — Tanks and barbed wire surround the National Electoral Council as Ecuador prepares to choose a new president after a disputed first round of voting and rising tensions between the two candidates ahead of Sunday’s run-off election. Nearby streets are open, but nearly deserted after the government imposed a “state of exception” that restricts traffic based on licence plate numbers and includes a nightly curfew, both designed to curb the spread of COVID-19. At the centre of the election: the future of Ecuador’s economy. Recent polls show a close race between Andres Arau...
Source: aljazeera.com