QUITO, (Reuters) – Presi-dent Rafael Correa vowed a shake-up of Ecuador’s courts after a referendum strengthened his grip on the South American OPEC member nation while heightening foes’ fears of autocratic rule.
Votes being counted into yesterday showed the leftist leader ahead on all 10 reforms he put to Ecuado-reans in a referendum that is an early indicator of Correa’s prospects in a possible 2013 re-election bid in the resource-rich Andean country.
“We’ve won — thank God and the
