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Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a candidate.

Frightened by unprecedented violence on the streets and within prisons, Ecuadorians have a universal demand for their next president — safety

The country goes to the polls this weekend after a campaign marked by bloodshed and the assassination of a candidate

Voters in Ecuador are getting ready to pick a new president

The vote count in Ecuador's special presidential election points to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon

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

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.

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

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 unprecedented violence affecting Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate