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 beautiful, powerful, kind, a giant, - one of my best friends. we are living in a powerful historic moment here in ecuador. so many people who didn t care about politics are upset, and they are thinking, if i don t do something for my country, for myself, then nothing will change and the mafia will come
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 beautiful, powerful, kind, a giant, - one of my best friends. we are living in a powerful historic moment here in ecuador. so many people who didn t care about politics are upset, and they are thinking, if i don t do something for my country, for myself, then nothing will change and the mafia will come and dominate us . for ecuadorians going to vote, security was high on the risk of priorities. i think right now, there s a lot of violence in the country. things are very complicated and after the death of villavicencio, i think we need to unite.
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 beautiful, powerful, kind, a giant, one of my best friends. we are living in a powerful historic moment here in ecuador. so many people who didn t care about politics are upset, and they are thinking, if i don t do something for my country, for myself, then nothing will change and the mafia will come and dominate us . for ecuadorians going to vote, security was high on the risk of priorities. i think right now, there s a lot of violence in the country. things are very complicated and after the death of villavicencio, i think we need to unite. leftist candidate luisa gonzales won the most votes, pledging social welfare programmes including
Translation: he was beautiful, powerful, kind, a giant, - one of my best friends. we are living in a powerful historic moment here in ecuador. so many people who didn t care about politics are upset, and they are thinking, if i don t do something for my country, for myself, then nothing will change and the mafia will come and dominate us . for ecuadorians going to vote, security was high on the risk of priorities. i think right now, there s a lot of violence in the country. things are very complicated and after the death of villavicencio, i think we need to unite. leftist candidate luisa gonzales won the most votes, pledging social welfare programmes including education and health. she ll face businessman daniel noboa, a surprise to many that he ll go through to a run off vote in october. ecuadorians might be split