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The vote count in Ecuador's special presidential election points to a leftist backed by the country’s fugitive ex-president likely facing a runoff with the son of a banana tycoon

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.

More than 100,000 police and soldiers have taken up positions to protect people voting for Ecuador’s next president

Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

“If someone messes with the people, he is messing with my family.”

Killing of Fernando Villavicencio ahead of elections comes as country struggles with surge in drug-related violence

Ecuador's government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison

Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.

Editorial: The killing of a presidential candidate has highlighted soaring homicide levels, as the cocaine trade booms in Latin America