Ecuador: presidential candidate Villavicencio killed in electoral campaign – Politics

A week and a half before snap presidential elections in Ecuador, candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after an election event in the capital Quito. Unknowns shot at the 59-year-old as he got into a car on Wednesday. An ambulance crew confirmed Villavicencio’s death. Six suspects have now been arrested. Another was killed in a […]

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CSU and Left complain about electoral reform – politics

The signing of the law on the controversial reform of the electoral law by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has sparked criticism in the CSU. “I am sorry that the federal president did not use his opportunities to work for a fair and constitutional electoral law,” said Alexander Dobrindt, head of the CSU deputy in the […]

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