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Weekly Report - 29 April 2010 (WR-10-17)

ECUADOR: Correa leans towards technocrats

President Rafael Correa swore in six new cabinet ministers last week. He had already reshuffled his cabinet earlier in the month but the latest appointments involved some fresh faces. This two-step process was ostensibly designed to “renovate and radicalise" Correa's citizens' revolution but it is noteworthy that he is relying more on technocrats than affiliates of his left-wing Acuerdo País (AP). This could reflect the fact that Correa feels the real threat to his power comes from within the AP rather than the weak and fragmented traditional opposition.

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