Smart Take | Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Assassinated in Ecuador
Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed at a campaign event north of Quito on Wednesday. Latin America Program Associate Beatriz Nice talks about what Villavicencio stood for, why the country is experiencing an uptick in political violence, and the impact of the assassination on the August 20th Presidential election.
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The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
