Assassinated candidate had exposed ex-president: ‘Ecuador has been a colony of China since 2007’
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by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2023 A journalist and presidential candidate who had denounced communist China’s influence and confiscation of Ecuador’s natural resources was assassinated during a shootout on Aug. 9. Fernando Villavicencio, 59, who was slated to be on the ballot for the Aug. 20 presidential election alongside seven other contenders, was shot dead […]