Ecuadorians will choose between the 35-year-old son of a banana tycoon and a leftist ally of former president Rafael Correa.
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Luisa González speaks at a campaign event in Quito on Aug. 16. QUITO, Ecuador — Whoever wins Ecuador’s presidential election will get 18 months to tackle a herculean task: Restoring order in aVoters cast ballots Sunday at a moment unlike any in this South American nation’s history. Ecuador has become a crucial transit point and violent battleground for drug traffickers moving cocaine to the United States and Europe.
“I think this presidency is going to be the worst job in Latin America for the next year and a half,” said Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. “You’re going to be blamed for all of the deepening of the current problems or at least the stasis.”
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