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February 18, 2013

Correa Wins Re-Election in Ecuador 
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has easily won re-election to a third
term in office. Correa took Sunday's election with 57 percent of the
vote, more than doubling the tally of his challenger. In his victory
speech, Correa said his re-election marks a new step in Latin America's
growing independence from foreign control.

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa: "The banking class cannot run things
here anymore, nor party politics nor the media nor factions serving
interest groups. The International Monetary Fund does not run things
here, nor the international bureaucracies. Hegemonic countries do not
run things here anymore. Despite whatever errors we could commit, you
can rest assure that this revolution will be led by you, Ecuadorean men
and women."

Correa's international notoriety has increased in the past year after he
granted political asylum to Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange.

 

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