Ecuador’s Presidential Front-Runner Accused of Political Gender Violence Ahead of Key Vote

The current president seeks his re-election, with the banner of the fight against crime.His center-left rival seeks a second chance. What they propose, in a country burdened by drug trafficking violence.

Luisa González is 47, left, single-parent – and has made it up alone. But now it also depends on three men whether she wins the final election on Sunday.

The Vice President of the Republic, Verónica Abad Rojas, went to the Constitutional Court (CC) to rescind the electoral sentence that denied the complaint of gender-based political violence she filed against the president-candidate, Daniel Noboa Azín and three of his collaborators.

Ecuador’s Presidential Front-Runner Accused of Political Gender Violence Ahead of Key Vote

Ecuador’s presidential runoff, set for April 13, faces heightened tension after a gender violence allegation against frontrunner Luisa González. The accusation, filed by Manuel Peñafiel Falconí of President Daniel Noboa’s party, alleges González committed political gender violence during the campaign. The Tribunal Contencioso Electoral (TCE) admitted the case, which includes video evidence yet to be […]

The presidential candidate of the Citizen Revolution movement (RC), Luisa González, has been denounced before the Electoral Dispute Tribunal (ECT) for serious electoral violation for gender-based political violence, as defined in articles 279 and 280 of the Democracy Code.

Correista candidate Luisa González signed an agreement with the indigenous Pachakutik movement to confront neo-fascist neoliberal Daniel Noboa. She militarized the country, applied a hard hand (although crime increased) and opened the doors to the U.S. military and mercenaries. More than 13 million Ecuadorians are summoned to the polls on April 13 to decide whether to re-elect the current president, Daniel Noboa, for a full term (2025-2029) or, …