Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed, without evidence, that the first round of the country’s presidential race was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round vote in April with a slim lead,

Ecuador's remaining two candidates for the Presidency will head for a run-off in April. Both are chasing the indigenous vote in communities like Cochapamba. (AP video shot by Cesar Olmos)

By Mathew Cohen Ecuador's presidential election on February 9 has produced a tight race between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and main challenger Luisa González, laying bare the nation's deep political divisions amid mounting security challenges.

The two candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency in a second-round run-off never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are nowhere to be seen in this remote Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian highlands.