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Weekly Report - 20 March 2014 (WR-14-11)
ECUADOR: Correa resets political agenda after electoral setback
President Rafael Correa has made 10 ministerial changes as he moves to regain the political momentum in Ecuador. Before the final results of the municipal elections of 23 February have even been confirmed, Correa has shifted attention away from some serious setbacks, notably in Quito, by first raising the issue of presidential re-election and now reshaping his cabinet. There is a genuine risk, however, that Correa could shortly face a still more humbling defeat: the protest group YASunidos looks set fair to meet the April deadline to collect the requisite number of signatures to trigger a referendum on the government’s proposed exploitation of oil in the Yasuní national park.
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