Ecuadoreans Have the Right to a Recount – New York Times

The people — hundreds and thousands of them — took to the streets to peacefully demand a recount of the votes. Many Ecuadoreans simply did not believe the announcement of the results of the April 2 election, which gave the victory to the ruling party’s candidate, Lenin Moreno, with 51.15 percent of the vote, and said Guillermo Lasso, the Creo-Suma party candidate, received 48.85 percent. Ecuadoreans need to clear up any doubts about what happened the day of the runoff presidential election. Read more>>