QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadoreans vote for president on Sunday in a ballot expected to hand incumbent Rafael Correa a new term to advance his socialist agenda of heavy government spending and expansion of state power that critics slam as creeping authoritarianism. Generous state outlays to expand access to healthcare, pave decrepit roads and build new schools have given the combative economist a strong base among the South American nation's poor. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ecuador-votes-president-correa-seen-winning-term-053015841.html

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