00:00 In Ecuador, Alexion continued to develop normally with police and made her presence at the voting stations to guarantee security after recent events.
00:07 Citizens in northern Quito mostly went to the polls early in the morning due to recent violent incidents associated with the electoral environment.
00:13 Our correspondent, Estefania Bravo, gives us more details.
00:16 Hi there again, Estefania Bravo reporting from Quito.
00:22 And right now I'm in the south of Quito in one of the biggest polling stations in the province of Pichincha.
00:28 It's called Montufar, it's a school here in the south of Quito.
00:32 And as you can see, people are still coming in to vote.
00:35 We have about two hours left before polling stations are closed and before no one else can vote.
00:41 So people are still coming in, they're coming in to vote. We see less people here than we saw before in the north.
00:48 Usually what happens is that Ecuadorians go in the morning and vote earlier than later, but people are still coming in.
00:56 People here in the south, as mentioned, this is the biggest polling station here in the south of, in Pichincha province, the province of Pichincha,
01:04 where about close to 25,000 people come here to cast their ballots.
01:09 We have only a couple of hours left before polling stations are closed.
01:13 The CNE has said that they will start announcing official results at about 7.30 p.m. local time.
01:22 We're still here, we're wanting to see what else is going to happen.
01:26 I do see here a couple of policemen, not as many policemen and military presence as I saw before.
01:34 But nevertheless, everything is going smoothly thus far.
01:39 People are coming in with their children, with their families, grandparents.
01:43 So that's what we have for you thus far. We'll bring you more news in a couple of hours.
