'It makes me so ashamed that the country is going this way and deteriorating because of bad governments,' says Ecuadorean Monica Barba
QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuadoreans go to the polls on Sunday, August 20, to choose a new president and legislature they hope will lead the country out of a spiral of violence and economic troubles, after a campaign darkened by bloodshed.
Six suspects, all Colombians police say belong to criminal gangs, are being held in the murder. Another suspect died of injuries sustained in the shootout. Luisa Gonzalez, a protegee of Correa, led polling before Villavicencio’s murder with about 30% of voting intention. Law and order candidate Jan Topic, who says he was a member of the French Foreign Legion, has pledged to solve security problems first, while Daniel Noboa, son of prominent banana businessman and former candidate Alvaro Noboa, has centered his campaign on job creation.