Ecuador court disqualifies ex-CPCCS head Almeida from council race

Ecuador's Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE) disqualified Sofía Almeida's candidacy for the CPCCS, reversing the CNE's earlier approval after a challenge by Paola Avendaño. The ruling cites a lack of 'notorious integrity,' a legal standard for candidacy. This is a domestic electoral-eligibility dispute with no immediate market impact.