Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October
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.
Updated August 21, 2023 at 2:01 AM ET
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Ecuadorian voters looking for a new leader to help curb the country's unprecedented violence will have to head to the polls again in October for a runoff that is likely to see the ally of a convicted former president vie against the principal heir of a banana growing and exporting empire.
No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The election process took place under the watch of tens of thousands of
