Correa Named Ecuador President-Elect
By JEANNETH VALDIVIESO
AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa R.
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The Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced that with all the ballots from the Nov. 26 runoff counted, Correa received more than 3.5 million votes, or 57 percent, compared with 2.7 million and 43 percent for banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa.
The vote count had reached 99 percent last Wednesday and victory already was conceded to Correa, who received congratulatory calls from dignitaries such as President Bush.
During the campaign, Correa attacked
Correa, 43, who earned his doctorate in economics from the
Correa also says he will cut ties to international lending institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and has threatened a moratorium on foreign debt payments unless foreign bondholders agree to lower
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