Tag: Referendum Ecuador

• Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Ecuadorean president wins referendum, barring Correa's hopes of reelection

  

  Ecuadoreans on Sunday voted to prevent presidents from holding more than two terms in office, according to the elections council, a win for President Lenin Moreno that blocks his mentor-turned-adversary Rafael Correa from returning to power. The results from the referendum, called by Moreno, roll back a measure Correa pushed through Congress in 2015 to allow unlimited presidential re-election.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:07 UTC

  Ecuador's Sunday referendum could annul Correa's aspirations of reelection

  

  When Ecuadorians vote on Sunday barring former president Rafael Correa from re-election, they will also be choosing whether to buck a trend across South America in which overbearing former presidents just can’t let go of power.