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Tue 09 Sep 2008Ecuadoreans back Correa's new constitution
VOTERS IN Ecuador have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that will concentrate power in the hands of socialist president Rafael Correa, advance his reformist agenda and enable him to remain in office until 2017.
The constitution was drafted last summer by a special congress convened by Mr Correa, who was elected in a 2006 landslide by voters exasperated by his country's chronic corruption, political instability and ineffectual lawmakers.
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