Ecuador is getting ready for its general elections next August 20th amid the electoral is affected by political violence. We present the profile of the candidate who some surveys are placing today in second place, Otto Sonnenholzner. teleSUR
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00:00 Ecuador is ready to go for the next general elections on August 20th.
00:05 Previously, we presented the profiles of the candidates Jan Tappik from Country Without
00:10 Fears, Alainz and Daniel Novoa from the National Democratic Action.
00:16 This time, we are presenting the profile of the candidate whose surveys are placed in
00:21 second place.
00:22 His name, Otto Snowsonerd Bada, who is here, our correspondent Elena Rodriguez has the
00:30 answer from Ecuador.
00:31 Forigero Otto Snowsonerd is a businessman and radio broadcaster from Guayaquil.
00:38 He was vice president of Ecuador between December 2018 and July 2020.
00:43 At that moment, he was a new face on the political scene.
00:52 He was vice president of Lenin Moreno, who has "freedom" written on his forehead.
00:57 And it's very difficult to read the people around him without that sign tattooed on his
01:01 forehead, which was not only a betrayal of the political project that brought him to
01:05 power, but also a betrayal of the people, because everything they both did in the government,
01:10 Lenin Moreno, as an announcer, was aimed at transferring power to the elites and destitutionalizing
01:16 the country.
01:23 As vice president, he played a leading role during the COVID-19 pandemic, and when the
01:27 country was at its most critical moment, he resigned to his position.
01:34 It is very difficult to desaturate himself when he hasn't escaped from power, when he
01:38 was unable to give a concrete response to a situation that was one of the most painful
01:44 for the people here.
01:45 That is, let us remember that the neglect and opportunism that prevailed at the time
01:50 led to the people dying in their homes and to Ecuador being recognized as one of the
01:54 countries in the most critical condition in terms of policy at that time.
02:05 He is running for the presidency under the "Let's Add" coalition, which brings together
02:09 the human and advanced parties.
02:10 In his speech, he is careful not to pitch himself on the left or on the right.
02:15 That's why with us there will also be prosperity for the families, peace in the streets, money
02:21 in the homes, prosperity for the family, the family that needs the state to guarantee its
02:26 education, its health, its security, the family that needs to live in a country that gives
02:32 them hope here in their own land, not somewhere else.
02:36 Sonny Holzner is an economist by trade.
02:39 He recently received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard.
02:43 His campaign proposal is based on five axes with a special focus on security and social
02:48 investment.
02:49 According to the numbers that I have been able to analyze, Sonny Holzner could be competing
02:57 for a second place and it could be a hug phase if he were to be on the runoff elections against
03:02 the citizen revolution, because he could pull together a large coalition to confront the
03:07 citizen revolution.
03:08 The Citizens' Revolution Movement is represented by Luisa González, who according to the World
03:15 Service has at present around 30 percentage points of voting intention versus almost 12
03:21 points for Sonny Holzner.
03:24 His running mate, Erika Paredes, is a newcomer to the political scene, but not to the public
03:28 arena.
03:29 She has a bachelor's degree in international affairs and has worked for the United Nations
03:32 Organization.
03:33 On August 20th, more than 30 million Ecuadorians will go to the presidential election to elect
03:41 their new representatives from among eight candidates.
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