This is CBS Eye on the World with John Bachelorette. Here's John Bachelorette.

A new world report, Vatican City, Pope Francis has condemned the assassination of

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando, the evincensio, and called for an end to

political violence in the South American country.

I welcome my colleagues Joseph Umar, Executive Director of Secure Free Society, and Ernesto

Arauzo, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil. We have reported for some time

Ecuador tumbling into anarchy. The violence is chiefly driven by narco-terrorism gangs

and other bad actors. However, over these last weeks, that violence has been visiting

on political characters, political figures. I note that we reported on the assassination

of a mayor of a port city by unknown shooter who's paying the shooter. There's no money

in killing a leader, but there is, if you're paid to do it. Now we have a presidential

candidate who was, at the time of his death, well positioned to do well in the first round

of the vote, which comes up momentarily in Ecuador. Joseph, a very good evening to you,

as I understand, Fernando, the evincensio, was an activist and a journalist before he

became a politician. When you heard the news, you've been traveling in South America.

What were your first thoughts, Joseph? Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. Well, first I was very saddened, also a bit angry. I know Fernando

very well. I met him many times. He spoke many times. He worked on many of the same issues

that I worked on. He was probably the most ardent opposition to Rafael Correa, but also

he had exposed Rafael Correa's corruption, not just domestically, but internationally.

He ties a crop oil deal with China. That was the purpose of a book he wrote. He also talked

a lot about the Venezuelan corruption inside the country. He was, when he was a congressman,

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