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A poster with an image of Guillermo Lasso, left, presidential candidate from the CREO party, is seen beside a street in Quito, Ecuador, on Feb. 12, 2017. (Henry Romero/Reuters)

On Sunday, Ecuadorians head to the polls to elect legislators as well as a replacement for the thrice-elected President Rafael Correa, the longest-serving chief executive in the country’s history. Along with policy changes, the country may see some shifts in the proportion of female legislators.

Here’s what you need to know about Ecuador’s presidential and legislative elections, where voting is mandatory:

1) There are 8 presidential candidates

The last official survey results, released Feb. 8 before a government-imposed media blackout, showed a tight race. Front-runners are the ruling Alianza PAIS (AP) candidate, Lenín Moreno, who served as vice president from 2007 to 2013; and the Creando Oportunidades (CREO) movement’s Guillermo Lasso, a conservative former economy minister and banker who was a distant presidential runner-up in 2013.…  Seguir leyendo »