Tensions mount as Ecuador’s presidential race up in the air

Lenin Moreno, presidential candidate for the ruling party Alliance PAIS, center, poses for a photo with supporters after a news conference in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The hand-picked candidate of President Rafael Correa, Moreno held an easy lead Monday in Ecuador’s presidential election, though authorities said it might be a few more days before they determine if Moreno won enough votes to avoid a runoff against his nearest rival.

Exit polls see Ecuador leftist ahead, runoff unclear

Lenin Moreno, candidate of the ruling PAIS Alliance Party, shows a ballot paper before casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador February 19, 2017. People stand in line while waiting to cast their votes during the presidential election at a school-turned-polling station in Guayaquil, Ecuador February 19, 2017.

Leaked videos heat up Ecuador’s presidential race

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, center, Alianza Pais party presidential candidate Lenin Moreno, left, and his running mate and Vice President Jorge Glas wave to supporters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Jan. 15, 2017. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, center, Alianza Pais party presidential candidate Lenin Moreno, left, and his running mate and Vice President Jorge Glas wave to supporters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Jan. 15, 2017.

Reversing Cuba policy seen as a punch in the gut to Latin America

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, left, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, right, and Bolivia’s President Evo Morales acknowledge supporters during a welcome ceremony for presidents attending an extraordinary meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Thursday , July 4, 2013. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, left, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, center, and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez gesture during the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas Presidential summit with Authorities of Indigenous and African-descent in Otavalo, Ecuador, Friday, June 25, 2010.