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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Having forced their last three elected presidents from office, Ecuadoreans are choosing a new one Sunday, and the favorite is a leftist pledging to lead a "citizens' revolution" against a political establishment widely seen as corrupt and incompetent.
Rafael Correa — tall, charismatic and youthful at 43 — is surging into the lead as a fresh-faced outsider in what could be the latest gain for Latin America's leftward shift. But Correa, an American-trained economist, faces a strong challenge from Alvaro Noboa, a banana billionaire who is also pushing a populist line, although from the capitalist end.
"Citizens are fed up. We need a profound political reform, including a new generation of leaders," Correa told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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