Ecuadorean indigenous protesters demand presidential vote recount

An Indigenous person holds a cellphone as members of indigenous communities and supporters of Ecuador's presidential candidate Yaku Perez gather outside the Electoral National Council (CNE) in Quito, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

QUITO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Ecuadorean indigenous protesters arrived in the capital Quito on Tuesday to demand a recount of the Feb. 7 presidential election after official results showed indigenous activist Yaku Perez did not advance to the runoff vote.

Perez, 51, has been walking through the Andean nation to denounce what he calls manipulation of poll statements that left him in third place, after left-wing economist Andres Arauz and conservative banker Guillermo Lasso.