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Ecuador: Election Drive at
Final Stage
The 13 Presidential candidates
in Ecuador are hurrying to
campaign for more voters with a
deadline set for Thursday.
None have thrown in the towel
though polls limit hopes to four
candidates and predict 40
percent undecided.
The polls indicate Social
Christian candidate Cynthia
Viteri, supporter of free trade
and opening the market to
private capital, in fourth
place.
Contender Leon Roldos (Red
Democratica-Izquierda
Democratica Alliance) who calls
to vote for positive change,
governability and peace, shares
second place with millionaire
Alvaro Noboa.
Noboa is running for the third
time but has been charged by
Catholic Bishop Nestor Herrera
of cajoling the poor with
religious phrases.
The most popular candidate,
Rafael Correa (Alianza Pais)
called for people not to accept
luring promises and choose for
radical changes through a
Constituency Assembly.
Other candidates are Luis Macas
(Pachakutik indigenous movement)
and Luis Villacís (Movimiento
Popular Democratico).
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