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Article: ECUADOR: CORREA'S PARTY WINS MAJORITY IN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- October 2, 2007
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By Kintto Lucas
QUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Ecuador's governing Movimiento Alianza Pa s won a landslide victory in the election for the country's constituent assembly on Sunday, clearing the way for leaders to lay the foundations for a "solidarity economy."
Alberto Acosta, a 58-year-old economist with strong ties to the country's environmental and indigenous movements, was the candidate who garnered the greatest number of votes on Sunday, which means he is likely to preside over the constituent assembly when it begins to rewrite the Ecuadorean constitution in November.
In an interview with IPS, he stressed the need for the new ...