By John Cherian
Courtesy: Frontline, Rodrigo Buendia/AFP
Rafael Correa’s emphatic victory makes him the first Ecuadorian President since 1972 to win a re-election.
THE leftward swing in Latin America is being further consolidated. The avowedly socialist President Rafael Correa of Ecuador again won an emphatic victory at the polls in the last week of April. The other Latin American countries to have elected leftist governments are El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala and Brazil. It is the first time in many decades that a President has been re-elected for a second consecutive term in office in Ecuador.
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