Weekly Report - 29 September 2016 (WR-16-38)

Ecuador’s ruling Alianza País (AP) will select its next presidential candidate during a party convention in Quito on 1 October. With just five months to go until presidential and legislative elections next February, this will be the moment when the political opposition finally accepts that President Rafael Correa is not going to find a way to stand for re-election after all. The field has been narrowed down to four, with two clear favourites: current vice-president Jorge Glas and former vice-president Lenín Moreno (2007-2013). Correa himself has refrained from expressing a preference.

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