By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – A court in Ecuador on Friday handed down prison sentences of 12 years and 34 years for five people found guilty of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Journalist and former legislator Villavicencio was shot while leaving a rally in August … Read More Villavicencio
Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday, which was held amid unprecedented violence that claimed the life of one candidate. Read More Villavicencio