Fernando Villavicencio, the Ecuadorean presidential candidate gunned down in Quito on Wednesday, was no stranger to threats and intimidation from powerful figures in Ecuador. Long before he entered this year's presidential race on an anti-corruption platform, Villavicencio built a name for himself rooting out graft, backroom deals and waste in the government and major industries of his resource-rich country. Over the years, his scathing and meticulously documented corruption accusations – leveled first as a labor organizer and congressional aide and later as a journalist, lawmaker and presidential contender – targeted some of the biggest names in Ecuador's political and financial establishment.
Who Was Ecuador s Assassinated Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio?
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Who was Ecuador s assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio?
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