Correa set to gain easy victory as Ecuador votes [View All]

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Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:45am BST
By Frank Jack Daniel

QUITO (Reuters) - ... Polling stations open at 7 a.m local time (1200 p.m. British time) across the volatile country of 14 million people known for its Galapagos Islands, Andean mountain hamlets and Amazon tribes.

Opinion polls this week gave Correa the support of over 50 percent, far ahead of his seven rivals. He needs to score more than 40 percent to avoid a runoff with the second-place candidate ... http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE53P09U20090426



Ecuador's Correa favored for re-election
By GONZALO SOLANO – 3 hours ago

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — ... Sunday's vote was mandated by the new constitution voters approved in September by a 64 percent vote. It .. makes him eligible to run in 2013 for another consecutive four-year term ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDRUb8V4xmR66Clw3_dqeskEd84wD97Q02P00