Ecuador’s President, Guillermo Lasso, confirmed that the scheduled elections for August 20th would proceed despite the tragic killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at the age of 59. Villavicencio was fatally shot during a political event in Quito on August 9, 2023. In response to the incident, a 60-day state of emergency has been declared […]
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