Ecuador's Correa May Skip 2017 Re-election Bid

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is praising loyalists who dominate the national assembly for backing his proposal to amend the constitution so he can't seek re-election in 2017. But there's a catch: The legislation cleared Wednesday night by governing bloc legislators would permit indefinite re-election of a later president. So Correa could run again in 2021 and thereafter without restriction.   A vote on the amendment has not been set in congress, where Correa's...

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