The post- election drama continues in Ecuador. April 2017. Quito, Ecuador.

Election day, second round, was on Sunday, April 2.
Two candidates, one who represents current regime, Lenín Voltaire Moreno, has 51.16% of votes counted (99.73%) and another, Guillermo Lasso, who promises "change" has 48.84%.
Today is April, 5th and president-elect still not formally announced, although Lenín Moreno declared to Teleamazonas journalist: ' I am the elected President of the Ecuadorians. Do not treat me as a candidate in your media" 
source: http://www.elcomercio.com/periodista-teleamazonas-presidente-elecciones 

Lenín Moreno mantuvo un encuentro con la prensa, la tarde de este 4 de abril del 2017. Allí dijo que es el presidente electo de los ecuatorianos. Foto: Julio Estrella/ EL COMERCIO

However, many in Ecuador disagree. 
Liders of Change and Progress movement and Creating Opportunities(CREO) party suspect election fraud and demand recount.
http://www.elcomercio.com_liderespopulares_organizaciones_politicas-paronacional-fraude-eleccion

Supporters of CREO in Quito are protesting on a streets for fourth day.
http://www.elcomercio.com/simpatizantes-creo-manifestacion-shyris-eloyalfa

Los simpatizantes del movimiento Creo bloquearon el paso de una unidad de la Ecovía, en las avenidas Eloy Alfaro y Shyris, en el norte de Quito. Foto: Patricio Terán/ EL COMERCIO

A massive march in support of Guillermo Lasso and recount of votes in Guayaquil.
http://www.elcomercio.com/marcha-respaldo-guillermo_lasso-reconteovotos-guayaquil 

La Policía impidió inicialmente que se cierre toda la circulación vehicular y se permitió el paso de carros por uno de los cuatro carriles de cada puente. Pero cada vez aumentaban más los manifestantes. Foto: Mario Faustos / EL COMERCIO

In Cuenca
https://www.elcomercio.com/marcha-respaldo-guillermolasso-cuenca-elecciones

Partidarios de Guillermo Lasso marcharon por el centro de Cuenca la noche de este 4 de abril del 2017. Foto: Xavier Caivinagua para EL COMERCIO

in Ambato  
https://www.elcomercio.com/planton-ambato-reconteodevotos-guillermolasso-elecciones2017

Simpatizantes de la alianza Creo - SUMA se reunieron en la explanada del parque Cevallos, ubicada en el centro de Ambato, desde las 17:00 de este 4 de abril. Foto: Fabián Maisanche / EL COMERCIO

Guillermo Lasso presents today, April 5th, the legal bases of 'fraud' and petition for recount.
http://www.elcomercio.com/guillermo_lasso-presenta-fundamentos-resultados-elecciones

Also we have an exchange between Julian Assange, who resides in Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012 and Guillermo Lasso.

They kindly asked each other to leave the premises....

to be continued as events unfold....

2017 Presidential Election Polls in Ecuador - anecdotal evidence. March 2017.

During month of March I carried out my own poll, asking random people in Quito who is their Presidential candidate, for whom they'll vote in coming elections. I would never ask this question in US, but here in Ecuador, in my opinion, people are more easy going, they didn't mind my question.
Here are my results. I grouped them as I could.
Taxi drivers: 11 of them, one said that he'll vote for Lenin, one was undecided, nine - for Lasso.
Small business owners: 6 shopkeepers polled, one will vote for Lenin, five for Lasso
Concierges: 2 of them, one for Lenin, one for Lasso.
My neighbors:  8 of them, one will null his vote, two for Lenin and five for Lasso.

My anecdotal statistics: 
Total participants: 27  (100%)
undecided:           1  appr  3.5%
null vote:              1  appr  3.5%
Lenin:                   5 appr  19%
Lasso:                  20 appr 74%

Election day, second round, is on Sunday, April 2.

source: https://en.wikipedia/Lenin_Moreno
Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as Vice President of the republic from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa. His election as Vice President was notable because as a paraplegic. On 1 October 2016, he was nominated as the candidate for Correa's Alianza País in the 2017 presidential election.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Lasso
Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician, presidential candidate for the Ecuadorian general election, 2013 for the party Creating Opportunities. 
In early 2017, Lasso launched his second presidential campaign to succeed incumbent President Correa for Creating Opportunities in the 2017 presidential elections, as Correa had already served his two-term constitutionally defined limit.

"Ugly Gringos" in Ecuador. Quito March 2017.

Once in a while gringos write articles about "ugly" gringos in Ecuador, shaming Norteamericanos for their bad behavior. 
Quotes from countless articles about ugly gringos in Ecuador:
"Ugly Gringo Stay Away"
"Don’t come here and screw up my little corner of the world"
"unfavorable impact of the Ugly Gringo" 
Ugly gringos have thousand sins (again, quotes from articles and posts written by others gringos in Ecuador): 
complaining loudly,
generally upsetting the staff with an overbearing attitude,
speaking loudly enough for everyone to hear about how this and that was wrong with Ecuador, 
they don't attempt to learn the language and stick to their own kind,
they live in those $200-300 grand mansions, in gated communities, right in front of cardboard hovels, 
they brag about their $10,000 couches that they paid thousands and more to send down here,
they can't leave a nickel tip in the cheap restaurants----any restaurant,
they are giving money to children and its socially inappropriate

they are being "generous to these poor people" intentionally overpaying! Because they could!!

they have driven prices up, overpaying for many items, especially for real estate.
they constantly compare prices to where they came from without regard to local economy.
they steal businesses from the locals,
they are willing to come here and exploit the system meant for Ecuadorians
they are benefiting from cost savings and that is not fair to the citizens of chosen destination.
they are overwhelming medical facilities and take advantage of the socialized medical system.
they line up at SRI (the tax office) to get their I.V.A. (12% national Value Added Tax) refunded and they do not deserve it. 
they are "heartless gringos"
they have a ...llion times more than the locals will ever have when it comes to money
and so on.  

What poor "ugly gringos" to do when they don't feel at home or cannot afford to live in their home countries where millions of legal and illegal immigrants use the system in a way gringos can't even dream of in Ecuador?  Where to go and how to behave? How to determine what is "Good" or "Bad" in modern world? Just few hundreds years ago they would conquer and slaughter, now they are legally immigrating and the world are shrinking for "gringos".

At least "ugly gringos" in Ecuador not saying that "it is our country, not theirs And We Are Not Going to Leave" like Univision senior anchor J R declared. 
source: http://www.eutimes.net/2017/02/univisions-jorge-ramos-tells-latinos-america-is-our-country-not-theirs/    
"Ugly gringos" don't behead people and don't even threat to behead, not even their Spanish language teachers, imagine that!
http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/muslim-students-threaten-to-behead-teachers/   
2016/07/france-church-where-priest-was-beheaded 
"Ugly gringos" don't plow trucks into crowd
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/truck-plows-into-crowd-in-nice-france/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-idUSKBN148287   
so far there are no reports about Ecuadorian women being raped by "ugly gringos" sex mobs, more likely that the single "ugly gringo" would get married and support Ec woman and her family. 
They (shamed "ugly gringos") don't attack malls, airports, trains and other public transportation hubs in Ecuador.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/18/us/minnesota-mall-stabbing/
"Ugly gringos" in Ecuador don't demand havens for their illegal activities, because 99.99% of them have legal status and are law abiding citizens, even 99.99% of their so called "sins" are legal from law's point of view. Compare to this.
http://cis.org/Sanctuary-Cities-Map_USA
They don't slaughter anymore
Conquistadors-slaughtered-South-Americas-men-took-women-DNA-study-shows

Give an "ugly gringo" a break. They are not so bad after all: no beheading, no raping, no terror attacks in their host country - they are almost an angels! As one "ugly gringo" said: "Everything is in perspective".

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