Ecuador's Next Four Years

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Feb. 17 won election to another four-year term. Ecuador has changed in significant ways since Correa first assumed the presidency in 2007 — illustrating the changes taking place throughout Latin America — and the president will face a wide array of new challenges. During his first few years in office, Correa set in motion a series of fundamental changes. He rewrote the constitution, partly nationalized the energy sector and with his rhetoric he oriented Ecuador away from the United States and toward the Latin American left.