Posted on Aug 21, 2023
Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October
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Ecuadorian voters looking for a new leader to help curb the country's unprecedented violence will have to head to the polls again in October for a runoff that is likely to see the ally of a convicted former president vie against the principal heir of a banana growing and exporting empire.
No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The election process took place under the watch of tens of thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country, partly in response to the assassination of a presidential candidate earlier this month.
Ecuadorian voters looking for a new leader to help curb the country's unprecedented violence will have to head to the polls again in October for a runoff that is likely to see the ally of a convicted former president vie against the principal heir of a banana growing and exporting empire.
No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The election process took place under the watch of tens of thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country, partly in response to the assassination of a presidential candidate earlier this month.
Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""Those of us who have children hope for a better economy," said Karina Navarro, 44. "If the economy grows, jobs will be generated, and there will be a domino effect. It will improve the crisis in terms of assaults, robberies, killings."
Navarro, an accountant, voted in Samborondón, an upper-class area with gated communities separated from Guayaquil by a river. "Honestly, I don't go out anymore because they even rob in gated communities," she said.
Voters were also electing a new National Assembly and deciding two ballot measures — one on whether to stop oil extraction in a portion of the Amazon jungle and the other on whether to authorize the exploitation of minerals such as gold, silver and copper in forests of the Andean Choco around Quito.
On Sunday, children joined parents and grandparents who voted at the University of Guayaquil.
Jamndrye Correa, 18, voted for president for the first time. He said he cast his ballot with crime and violence in mind.
"Everyone is afraid of crime," said Correa, a student who was robbed at gunpoint about two years ago outside his home."
...""Those of us who have children hope for a better economy," said Karina Navarro, 44. "If the economy grows, jobs will be generated, and there will be a domino effect. It will improve the crisis in terms of assaults, robberies, killings."
Navarro, an accountant, voted in Samborondón, an upper-class area with gated communities separated from Guayaquil by a river. "Honestly, I don't go out anymore because they even rob in gated communities," she said.
Voters were also electing a new National Assembly and deciding two ballot measures — one on whether to stop oil extraction in a portion of the Amazon jungle and the other on whether to authorize the exploitation of minerals such as gold, silver and copper in forests of the Andean Choco around Quito.
On Sunday, children joined parents and grandparents who voted at the University of Guayaquil.
Jamndrye Correa, 18, voted for president for the first time. He said he cast his ballot with crime and violence in mind.
"Everyone is afraid of crime," said Correa, a student who was robbed at gunpoint about two years ago outside his home."
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Years ago, my office was in downtown Quito. I used to walk to work, took about a half hour. I lived up by the soccer stadium. Quito is a beautiful city. Ecuador is a beautiful country. I love the old Mitad del Mundo and sopa de alcachofa. I hope they can get their act together.
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