With about 57% of the vote in the exit polls, as opposed to 43% for the banana magnate Álvaro Noboa, the leftist economist Rafael Correa of Alianza País is set to win the presidency in Ecuador.
Correa Presidente
The Ecuadorian people has said NO to the right-wing presidential candidate Álvaro Noboa who self-proclaimed being “sent by God” and tried to buy his victory with chicken, pots and pans, money and false promises. The fascist danger that Noboa represented is now thought by most to be a nightmare of the past. The proposals of a Free Trade Agreement with the US, involvement in Plan Colombia, and the absurd elimination of income tax received their deserved rejection by the majority of the Ecuadorian people.
Rafael Correa promised a referendum to call for a Constitutional Assembly in order to restructure the political system by rewriting the country's Constitution. It is now the task of all political and social movements – students, indigenous, workers, farmers, and everyone else – to closely monitor the processes that the new government will start. Correa and the political proposal of Alianza País has our conditional and vigilant support, but this is not a blank cheque. The power of the oligarchy still continues intact, exploitation, injustice, poverty, unemployment and discrimination characterize the national reality and it won't be easy to change this overnight. However, we demand that Correa fulfills his promises and it will be ourselves who will push for a great national minga (collective effort) creating a Bolivarian project of Latin American integration and 21st century socialism!
For now we are celebrating the triumph of the people!
(translated from
http://ecuador.indymedia.org)
Rafael Correa promised a referendum to call for a Constitutional Assembly in order to restructure the political system by rewriting the country's Constitution. It is now the task of all political and social movements – students, indigenous, workers, farmers, and everyone else – to closely monitor the processes that the new government will start. Correa and the political proposal of Alianza País has our conditional and vigilant support, but this is not a blank cheque. The power of the oligarchy still continues intact, exploitation, injustice, poverty, unemployment and discrimination characterize the national reality and it won't be easy to change this overnight. However, we demand that Correa fulfills his promises and it will be ourselves who will push for a great national minga (collective effort) creating a Bolivarian project of Latin American integration and 21st century socialism!
For now we are celebrating the triumph of the people!
(translated from
http://ecuador.indymedia.org)
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Hasta la victoria siempre!!!!
28.11.2006 17:25
Correa has promised to spend more on education and health care
Rejoin Opec
Land reform for the poor
State control of natural resources
Close USA base at Manta
Closer alliance with Cuba Venezuela and Bolivia (Alba trade group)
Not bad eh for a reformist!!!
Steve la fevre