The Latest Breaking News from Fernando Villavicencio

Colombians held over Ecuador presidential candidate’s murder slain in jail

Ecuador’s president pledges to get to bottom of killings in prison of six Colombian suspects in high-profile murder.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2023

US offers $5m reward for insight into Ecuador election assassination

US Secretary of State Blinken announced the reward as part of an ongoing probe into Fernando Villavicencio’s death.

Al Jazeera · Sep 29, 2023

UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor

A U.N. envoy is urging urged Ecuador’s leaders to boost enforcement of labor laws and end popular fuel subsidies

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Ally of former leftist Ecuador president to face tycoon’s son in runoff election

Luisa González, who has pledged to revive Rafael Correa’s social programmes, to run against Daniel Noboa in October

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October

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.

WEKU · Aug 20, 2023

Ecuador votes in presidential poll after a campaign marked by candidate’s murder

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.

France 24 · Aug 20, 2023

Ecuadorians choosing a new president amid increasing violence that may scare away voters

More than 100,000 police and soldiers have taken up positions to protect people voting for Ecuador’s next president

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

Ecuador election: assassination looms large as voters prepare to go to polls

Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety

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

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023