Print ISSN: 1390-3837 / electronic ISSN: 1390-8634, UPS-Ecuador, No. 34, March-August 2021, pp. 39-60. https://doi.org/10.17163/uni.n34.2021.02 Journalistic verification against lies in the electoral processes of Ecuador and Spain 1 La verificación periodística frente a la mentira en los procesos electorales de Ecuador y España Claudia Rodríguez-Hidalgo Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja cvrodriguezx@utpl.edu.ec https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-9389 Javier Herrero Universidad de Salamanca javiherrero82@usal.es https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-7406 Ignacio Aguaded-Gómez Universidad de Huelva aguaded@uhu.es https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0229-1118 Suggested citation: Rodríguez-Hidalgo, C., Herrero, J., & Aguaded-Gómez, I. (2021). Journalistic ve- rifcation against lies in the electoral processes of Ecuador and Spain. Universitas, 34, pp. 39-60. 1 This writing was developed during the research stay carried out at the University of Salamanca, under the tutelage of Professor Javier Herrero-Gutiérrez, co-fnanced by the Spanish institution itself within the USAL program “Mobility of foreign professors within the framework of agreements”.