Cuenca (Ecuador) (AFP) – In the city of Cuenca, in Ecuador’s southern Andes mountains, a polling station starts counting ballots in the country’s presidential runoff election. Voters are choosing a new president in the midst of a drug war and a rash of political assassinations that cut short the bid of a popular candidate. IMAGES
Vote counting begins as polls close in Ecuador
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