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Ecuador News Round-Up No. 4: Hours Before the Election, the Notion of State Involvement in Villavicencio’s Death Begins to Take Hold

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 4: Hours Before the Election, the Notion of State Involvement in Villavicencio’s Death Begins to Take Hold

Several polls conducted after Villavicencio’s death have suggested the González-Arauz ticket is the candidacy most hurt by the assassination, with some pollsters predicting a six-point drop within three days of the murder.

By Pedro Labayen Herrera

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 3: Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio is Assassinated as Violence Escalates, Luisa González Leads Polls, Lasso’s Decrees Fail, and Accusations of Undue Influence Emerge

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 3: Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio is Assassinated as Violence Escalates, Luisa González Leads Polls, Lasso’s Decrees Fail, and Accusations of Undue Influence Emerge

At around 6:20 p.m. on August 9, Fernando Villavicencio, the presidential candidate for the Movimiento Construye Ecuador alliance, was assassinated as he was leaving a campaign event in Quito.

By Pedro Labayen Herrera

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 1: The Run-Up to the August 20 Elections

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 1: The Run-Up to the August 20 Elections

In the last few months, Ecuador has been embroiled in political turmoil. In the face of a deep political crisis and plummeting popularity, President Guillermo Lasso eventually opted for dissolving the National Assembly on May 17

By CEPR

Barrio Las Peñas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Andrés Arauz on CDBCs and Sovereignty

Andrés Arauz on CDBCs and Sovereignty

Interview with Andres on Bitcoin, the broader world of crypto & NFTs, how to think about digital and monetary sovereignties together, the geopolitics of the global payment systems, China’s efforts to control FinTech, the situation in El Salvador, and the

By Andrés Arauz

Bitcoin