she will face businessman daniel noboa azin in that second round in october.tage throughout the election campaign after the murder of anti—corru ption candidate fernando villavicencio, who was gunned down while leaving a campaign event this month. we are keeping across what is happening in ecuador at the moment with our correspondent katy watson. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet—proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy�*s in danger. "i voted with courage", says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician who was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country. but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of the struggling state and corrupt politics and they've gained the upper hand. dressed in white and calling for peace, fernando villavicenci

she'll face off against daniel noboa, who received the second most votes.xpected to be tight. the election campaign was marred by violence after the assassination of presidental candidate fernando villavicencio, shot dead after a rally earlier this month. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson filed this report. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet—proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy is in danger. i voted with courage, said this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician, he was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country, but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of a struggling state and corrupt politics and have gained the upper hand. dressed in white and calling for peace, fernando villavicencio's daughter cast her vote, rememb

luisa gonzalez has won the first round of presidential elections in ecuador and will face daniel noboas after a bloody election campaign in which one of the candidates was shot dead amid growing violence in the country. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from ecuador�*s capital, quito. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet—proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy�*s in danger. "i voted with courage", says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician who was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country. but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of the struggling state and corrupt politics and they've gained the upper hand. dressed in white and calling for peace, fernando villavicencio's daughter cast her vote, remembering a dad who was also her best

will: well, daniel noboa is the 35-year-old son of alvaro noboa, a longtime presidential candidate innd one of ecuador's richest men. he comes from a family fortune, and he himself doesn't -- daniel doesn't have much experience in politics. he's served in congress for one term, ran previously for president. but he's not a household name. look, i found it surprising. then, again, i will be honest with you. in most first round elections in latin america these days, it's like rolling a dice. nick: and rolling the dice in an election marked by violence. how concerning is it that ecuador, of all countries -- we didn't expect this -- ecuador suffered the kind of political violence that we saw during this campaign? will: this is tragic. no one expected a presidential candidate like fernando villavicencio to be gunned down in public. and, in fact, after that, two other candidates, including noboa himself, were caught -- were caught up in crossfire of shoot-outs between criminal gangs. so i think it's going to make it very hard to develop a normal democratic election, to carry on with campaign

luisa gonzalez has come out on top, followed by daniel noboa and they will go forward to the next round firstly, security. as ou've them? firstly, security. as you've been _ them? firstly, security. as you've been reporting - them? firstly, security. as you've been reporting on, | them? firstly, security. as| you've been reporting on, it them? firstly, security. as. you've been reporting on, it is well—known that one of the presidential candidates villavicencio was assassinated a few weeks ago. the mayor of a town was assassinated. security and murder really are at the top of the agenda for most ecuadorians and that's going to impinge on investment and ability of economic growth. what's curious is you have in this vote a referendum and the results are quite in yet and it was on whether or not ecuador can exploit the oil resources in the elissonde. it looks like it may well pass ——in the amazon. they could not exploit any more. oil is one of the export revenues for ecuador so it's going to be a challenge if it's going to be a challenge if it passes. by the same token, from the early 2000

ms gonzalez will face businessman daniel noboa azin in the second round in october.ando villa—vicencio — who was shot dead while leaving a campaign event this month. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from ecuador�*s capital, quito. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet—proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy�*s in danger. "i voted with courage", says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician who was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country. but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of the struggling state and corrupt politics and they've gained the upper hand. dressed in white and calling for peace, fernando villavicencio's daughter cast her vote, remembering a dad who was also her best friend. translation: he was beauti

she will face businessman daniel noboa azin in a second round of voting in october.nti—corruption candidate fernando villavicencio, gunned down while leaving a campaign event this month. earlier, i spoke with our south america correspondent katy watson, who's in ecuador�*s capital, quito. i began by asking her how the assassination shaped the campaign. it was just over a week left of campaigning when he was shot and it did upend the campaign somewhat and everyone was talking about, all the candidates, talking about security and peace and those with the priorities for them if they were to win power and that's exactly what ecuadorians wanted to hear. this is a country that used to be a safe country, relatively, you know, in the region. it's become in the last few years incredibly violent. cartels from mexico and colombia have infiltrated local gangs and there has been a real impact on this country which suffered during the pandemic, it suffered from corrupt politics and unemployment and opportunities and many people have migrated north to the us so all of these issues

there will now be a second round of voting, she will face daniel noboa.n reports from ecuador �*s capital quito. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet—proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy�*s in danger. "i voted with courage", says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician who was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country. but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of the struggling state and corrupt politics and they've gained the upper hand. dressed in white and calling for peace, fernando villavicencio's daughter cast her vote, remembering a dad who was also her best friend. joining me now is andrea gonzalez nader, vice? presidential candidate who was running with presidential candidate fernando villavicencio before he was assa

in her opponent daniel noboa has been in favor of protecting it.g also to see how they and the second round of the election will defend the yes vote and no vote because now whichever one wins has two comply with the ecuadorian people voted, which is to protect this place and create a plan for the oil companies exit. i think that is much more interesting because the no vote has been -- there's been a really, really hard campaign from luisa gonzÁlez's side and her party and her team. amy: so you take the opposite position, just to be clear. what parts are able to be exploited by petroleum company? >> unfortunately, within the yasuni national park, beside the one in question in this particular referendum, there are eight oil blocs active. i guess next to them there are 13 or outside of the national park are 13 oil blocs still being exploited. yesterday we got the news that waorani youth usually get their school fees and university fees get paid by the oil company, now they are not getting paid by the oil company or their school fees -- amy: 10 seconds

preliminary results indicate leftist luisa gonzalez and businessman daniel noboa will face each otherund in october. it comes after one of the candidates, a legislator and former investigative journalist, was gunned down at a campaign rally earlier this month and as rafael romo explains, it starkly illustrates ecuador's escalating drug and political violence. >> reporter: pollsters didn't see it coming, not among the leading candidates after sunday's first round, but a solid performance held a week before the election, voters gave the 35-year-old businessman and former member of the ecuadoran national assembly the right to go to the second round. noboa is the son of noboa who was also a member of the assembly going against a leftist who governed the south american country since 2007. after her win saying ecuador needs peace, jobs and security and said a return to the policies of correa would allow the country to get out of a wave of insecurity that's made it one of the most violent in the region. in his first remarks after winning the checks to go to the second round, noboa emphasizes

. >> who is daniel noboa and how surprising is it that he finished second?the 30 five-year-old son of a long time presidential candidate in ecuador and one of the doors richest men -- ecuador's richest men. he doesn't have a lot of experience in politics. he served one term in congress come around once for president but not a household name. i found it surprising, but in most first elections these days it is like rolling the dice. >> in an election marked by violence, rolling the dice, how concerning is it that ecuador of all countries, we didn't expect this, ecuador suffered the kind of political violence we saw during this campaign? >> it is tragic area nobody expected a presidential candidate to be gunned down in public. two other candidates including noboa were caught up in the crossfire of shootouts by criminal gangs. it will make it hard to develop a normal democratic election and carry on with campaign activities. what has me concerned, i am not sure either candidate that made it to the runoff have a serious agenda to tackle the problem. >> i don't wa

leftist luisa gonzÁlez took the lead in the first round and will face daniel noboa in a run-off electionn october as neither candidate won over 50% of the vote on the first round. gonzÁlez is a member of former president rafael correa's citizen revolution movement party. noboa is a businessman whose father is one of ecuador's wealthiest people. he previously ran for president of ecuador. luisa gonzÁlez spoke to supporters sunday. >> we don't want lasso 2.0. we don't want anyone disconnected from the people's needs because then we would again faces situation in which we would have a president that rules for the companies and not for the needs of ecuadorians. amy: at least three political leaders were killed ahead of sunday's election, including presidential candidate fernando villavicencio. on sunday, ecuadorian voters also overwhelmingly supported a historic referendum blocking oil extraction in the amazon's yasuni national park, the largest protected area in ecuador with massive petroleum reserves crossing through indigenous yasuni land. the effort was spearheaded by indigenous leaders