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TOPSHOT - Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Revolucion Ciudadana party, Luisa Gonzalez, displays a ballot paper as she votes at a polling station in Canuto, Manabi Province, during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Revolucion Ciudadana party, Luisa Gonzalez, displays a ballot paper as she votes at a polling station in Canuto, Manabi Province, during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Construye party, journalist Christian Zurita (L), arrives under heavy security to vote at a polling station in Quito during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Galo PAGUAY / AFP) (Photo by GALO PAGUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Construye party, journalist Christian Zurita (L), arrives under heavy security to vote at a polling station in Quito during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Galo PAGUAY / AFP) (Photo by GALO PAGUAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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A supporter of Luisa Gonzalez, presidential candidate for the Revolucion Ciudadana party, waves a flag during an election night rally at the party headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Ecuador's presidential race will be decided in an October runoff between socialist candidate Luisa Gonzalez and entrepreneur Daniel Noboa, providing contrasting visions for how to bring prosperity to a violence-torn country. Photographer: Misha Vallejo/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A supporter of Luisa Gonzalez, presidential candidate for the Revolucion Ciudadana party, waves a flag during an election night rally at the party headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Ecuador's presidential race will be decided in an October runoff between socialist candidate Luisa Gonzalez and entrepreneur Daniel Noboa, providing contrasting visions for how to bring prosperity to a violence-torn country. Photographer: Misha Vallejo/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR - AUGUST 20: Presidential candidate of Acción Nacional Democrática Daniel Noboa (C) speaks during a press conference after the presidential elections on August 20, 2023 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Candidate Luisa Gonzalez of Revolucion Ciudadana has 33,17% of the votes and candidate Daniel Noboa of Accion Democratica Nacional 24,14%, with 73,55% of the voting counted. Gonzalez and Noboa will compete in the presidential runoff on October 15, 2023. Ecuadorians head to polls under exception status after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down on August 9. They will choose a president to complete the 2021-2025 period after President Guillermo Lasso applied the "cross death" to dissolve parliament a call for early elections. (Photo by German Cano/Agencia Press South/Getty Images)

GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR - AUGUST 20: Presidential candidate of Acción Nacional Democrática Daniel Noboa (C) speaks during a press conference after the presidential elections on August 20, 2023 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Candidate Luisa Gonzalez of Revolucion Ciudadana has 33,17% of the votes and candidate Daniel Noboa of Accion Democratica Nacional 24,14%, with 73,55% of the voting counted. Gonzalez and Noboa will compete in the presidential runoff on October 15, 2023. Ecuadorians head to polls under exception status after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down on August 9. They will choose a president to complete the 2021-2025 period after President Guillermo Lasso applied the "cross death" to dissolve parliament a call for early elections. (Photo by German Cano/Agencia Press South/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - An Indigenous woman casts her vote at a polling station in Tarqui, canton of Cuenca, Azuay Province, during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Cristina Vega RHOR / AFP) (Photo by CRISTINA VEGA RHOR/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - An Indigenous woman casts her vote at a polling station in Tarqui, canton of Cuenca, Azuay Province, during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Cristina Vega RHOR / AFP) (Photo by CRISTINA VEGA RHOR/AFP via Getty Images)
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