Andrea González picked to replace Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate

Fernando Villavicencio fatally shot last week after leaving a campaign event in capital, Quito

The political party of Ecuador's assassinated presidential hopeful, Fernando Villavicencio, picked its vice-presidential candidate to replace him on Saturday, just a week before the election.

Villavicencio's Build party, or Construye in Spanish, announced on social media that Andrea Gonzalez was replacing the 59-year-old as its presidential candidate in the 20 August vote.