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TOPSHOT - Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Revolucion Ciudadana party, Luisa Gonzalez, votes under heavy security at a polling station in Canuto, Manabi Province, during the Ecuadorean presidential election and referendum on mining and petroleum, on August 20, 2023. Ecuador holds a presidential election after a campaign marked by the murder of a top candidate and vows to tackle the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation. Alongside the presidential vote, two key referendums are taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. One will ask voters to choose whether to continue oil drilling in the Amazon, and another focuses on whether to forbid mining activities in the Choco Andino forest. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)