Weekly Report - 23 April 2015 (WR-15-16)

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa cut short a visit to Tabacundo, 60km north of Quito in the province of Pichincha, on 14 April after receiving a death threat. Correa, who started the visit by inspecting public works, had been scheduled to have lunch in a local park with some 5,000 local campesinos but was warned by his security detail that the mayor of Tabacundo, Frank Gualsaqui, had received threatening text messages directed at both him and Correa.

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