2023-10-15 20:30:05
A closed ending?
González obtained 33.61 percent of the votes on August 20 and Noboa 23.47. This difference is not mechanically transferred to the second round, because a melting pot of ultra-conservative and right-wing forces came together to prevent the return of the Citizen Revolution to power. They are, among others, People, Equality and Democracy (PID) and Mover (the former PAIS Alliance). The candidate closed her campaign in this city and promised that starting this Sunday, she will seek “dignity, justice and equity.” The businessman relied on her youth to thank “everyone for believing in the new generation. Together with you we will build the country we deserve.”
The weather on the street
By Gustavo Veiga, from Quito.
This capital has not yet suffered the climate of insecurity that exists in Guayaquil – the second city in the country – and in the coastal and northern provinces. But the fact that the city is very alert to the critical situation was confirmed by this reporter, received at dawn yesterday at the hotel by two private security personnel with fist weapons at their waist.
Denis, a 28-year-old taxi driver, mentioned other details regarding the crime. The general recommendations do not differ from those heard in major cities in Latin America. Not even the main ones in the US. “Don’t go out following 9 p.m.”, “be careful”, here and there. Nothing original.
González and Noboa, who are very even in several polls, closed their campaign on Thursday with bulletproof vests, which in Ecuador sell like hotcakes. The murder of journalist Fernando Villavicencio on August 9, committed by hitmen, was a turning point in the concept of security.
Insecurity in Quito: Página/12 envoy was robbed
By Gustavo Veiga
The yellow taxi comes down from a hill along a two-way avenue that suddenly surprises it in a traffic jam. It is impossible to get away. The right rear window is slightly lowered, but with enough room for a hand to pass through. It’s hot, a thick heat like the situation that will ensue.
The unexpected hand will catch the cell phone of the Página/12 envoy, a hand and two legs that will flee down a lost street on May 24 Boulevard. “He escaped that way”, “He went that way”, shout a couple of supportive voices that manage to indicate a path with an uncertain future and at 2,850 meters high, where the caco has already gained an enormous advantage.
You can only see a squared sleeve, like that of a jacket. Valuable information and contacts that will not be recovered until returning to Buenos Aires. A couple of hours later, a young, dark-skinned woman with ivory-colored teeth listens to the testimony of this victim and adds: “This year they have already stolen my cell phone four times. Two on the bus, one at gunpoint and another here.” in shopping”. A true Quito nightmare.
Insecurity, the big issue of the presidential elections in Ecuador
By Gustavo Veiga, from Quito
Insecurity is proof that neither the dollar, nor the soccer team that the Spaniard Félix Sánchez now directs, nor other daily sufferings, dominate the conversations: the big issue is the possibility of falling into the trap on a dark and empty street. witnesses. “Guayaquil is much more dangerous than Quito, although still, here no one stops very late at a red light. That’s why there are also many crashes…” says Denis – the taxi driver – says that following 12 at night Nobody stops at traffic lights.
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