Rafael Correa Coasts to Victory in the Ecuadorian Election

Though his ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas) colleague Hugo Chavez is still battling cancer, Rafael Correa is currently achieving political heights that he has perhaps never seen before. He has won a third term in the presidential election (56.9%), and there is not expected to be a second round. Correa has, of course, come to power leading a “citizens’ revolution”, to eviscerate poverty, strengthen democracy, promote egalitarianism, and in general build socialism for the present age. This is, undeniably, very troubling to the United States of America, which does not allow/like to see any kind of independent initiative or development take shape according to its seemingly stolid, apparently never changing, and exceedingly unenlightened neocolonial view of the Latin American world.

Obama, under an alleged change presidency, has made no discernible alterations to anything that United States does in the Caribbean, Latin and Central America. Obama has been accused of essentially being a Bush II on a number of policy fronts, and this would; unequivocally, be one that isn’t any sort of exception to that whatsoever/at all. In this instance Obama has assiduously followed the paternalistic guidebook. He hasn’t presented any significant reassessment or signal of reimagining of United States’ hegemonic and/or imperial ambitions in this world. In other words, he is simply more of the same, operating vis a vis an ostensibly different sheen.

In any event Correa has promised to deepen the citizens’ revolution he has led, which has; in fact, transformed tens of thousands out of poverty, lack of hope, disillusionment and despair. These events have unfortunately put a sign on his back with the Wall Street Journal referring to him as “Ecuador’s Chavez”, and should that terrible circumstance — of Chavez passing from this world inauspiciously occur — he has been suggested as the possible heir apparent, as the subsequent stand bearer for Latin American (left/center-left) change. I’d suspect he can take all this pressure/heat, at least sans another coup d’etat attempt against him — like that of which occurred in September 2010. The Western media is of course, unequivocally, extraordinarily obtuse, mean-spirited, barbarous and vicious indeed, and so he will; by all means, need as much good tidings and support, as folks of good will (throughout this world) can perceivably render up and share.