Ecuador election: 'I'm wearing a bulletproof vest 24 hours a day' BBC News - Image source, Reuters Andrea González now wears a bulletproof vest 24 hours a day. A week ago, her Construye party's presidential candidate in the Ecuadorean election this Sunday, Fernando Villavicencio, was shot three times in the head after a campaign rally in the capital, Quito. Ms González, 36, will remain the party's candidate for vice-president, as the running mate of Christian Zurita. He is a journalist who has investigated corruption - as Fernando Villavicencio had. "I'm not letting Fernando's legacy die," Ms González told the BBC's Newshour programme. "To me it's incredibly personal and hard to not be able to say goodbye to my friend. I'm wearing a bulletproof vest 24 hours [a day]," she said. Mr Villavicencio, 59, a journalist and member of Ecuador's national assembly, was shot as he left a campaign rally in the capital last Wednesda...
