Ecuador: Rafael Correa is the last president to join Latin America's strong leftist, anti-USA wave. Even though he is not officially proclaimed winner, an overwhelming lead of more than 13% over the runner up Alvarado Noboa is far to much to worry.
Rafael moves quickly - he already stated he will try to rejoin the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) which Ecuador left in 1992, and promises to shred the much criticised free trade agreement with the US as well as close down a United States military base in Ecuador.
This will be an interesting decade in the US backyard with Rafael Correa (Ecuador), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), Luiz Inacio Lula (Brazil), Hugo Chavez (Venezuela), Fidel Castro (Cuba), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Michelle Bachelet (Chile) playing together.
Read about the Ecuador election in Swedish here.
1 comment:
Blimey! Correa looks like you!
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