Monday, April 16, 2007

Correa wins referendum, changes in store for Ecuadorean Congress

With 78% of the vote, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa won a referendum that will set up an assembly to rewrite the nation's constitution. The opposition fears that Correa will centralize power, weakening a Congress that many consider hopelessly corrupt. The referendum is similar to tactics used by fellow leftist leaders Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales in Venezuela and Bolivia. For more, go to: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/15/ecuador.vote.reut/index.html

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