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A wave of violence in the run-up to Sunday’s ballot led candidates to end their campaigns screened by police escorts following the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
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With voting due to be held over the weekend, security is tight following the assassination of anti-corruption candidate Fernando Villavicencio
Ecuador will hold general elections on Sunday to elect a new president amid an escalation in drug cartel-related violence.
Quito, Aug 16 (EFE).- Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE) cleared the way Wednesday for Christian Zurita to take the place of the assassinated Fernando Villavicencio as the presidential candidate of the centrist Construye (Build) party in the Aug. 20 elections. The leftist Citizens Revolution party had challenged Zurita’s candidacy, pointing to a record of his …
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