Voters poised to push Ecuador into anti-Bush club
Ecuador seems poised to elect a charismatic, US-educated economist as president tomorrow.
The result could turn the small South American country into the latest member of the anti-imperialist, anti-Bush club in America's backyard.
Rafael Correa, 43, a disciple of Venezuela's radical president, Hugo Chavez, was ahead in the polls, promising to "whip those who have always exploited us". The 43-year-old economics professor, who comes from a humble background and escaped poverty by winning a school scholarship, has run a slick and fiery campaign, portraying himself as an outsider.
Ecuador has had five presidents in 10 years, three forced from office, and is desperately looking for a figure to lift more than half of the population out of poverty.
Telegraph.UK
The result could turn the small South American country into the latest member of the anti-imperialist, anti-Bush club in America's backyard.
Rafael Correa, 43, a disciple of Venezuela's radical president, Hugo Chavez, was ahead in the polls, promising to "whip those who have always exploited us". The 43-year-old economics professor, who comes from a humble background and escaped poverty by winning a school scholarship, has run a slick and fiery campaign, portraying himself as an outsider.
Ecuador has had five presidents in 10 years, three forced from office, and is desperately looking for a figure to lift more than half of the population out of poverty.
Telegraph.UK
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