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...Adrián Bonilla, a political expert at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Quito, said: “The scenario will be hard, with likely adjustments that will affect social policies.”...
...Like other leftwing leaders in the region, including Mr Chávez and Evo Morales of Bolivia, Mr Correa has also introduced a new constitution that extends his term limits, potentially to 2017....
...His answers: Italy; and Geraldo Alckmin – in a surprise second-round reversal....
...Will Geraldo rise to the challenge?...
...Mr Morales, who has stood by Mr Solíz, presumably feels that to dump his hydrocarbons minister would be giving in to his opponents....
...Already declared were Geraldo Alckmin of the centrist PSDB, the main challenger to Mr Lula da Silva; Cristovam Buarque of the leftish PDT; and Luciano Bivar of the PSL....
...His main rival, Geraldo Alckmin of the PSDB, is still hoping to force asecond-round run-off but polls show Mr Lula da Silva is likely to win the majority needed for outright victory....
...After Bolivia’s surprise nationalisation of the gas industry this month, President Evo Morales may have another surprise up his sleeve this week....
...Polls had predicted neither the very strong votes by Evo Morales, who won a landslide victory in December’s Bolivian presidential, nor the performance in February by Ottón Solís, an anti-system radical who...
...Also read the transcript of the FT’s interview with Geraldo Alckmin, candidate for president from Brazil’s centrist Democratic Movement of Brazil party (PSDB)....
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