guest_writer 0 2006-11-29T00:00:00Z On October 15, 2006, Ecuadorians went to the polls to vote in the first round of the presidential elections. The results were surprising, if not suspicious, when the supreme electoral tribunal declared Alvaro Noboa, a banana magnate and the richest man in the country, the victor. The widely popular Rafael Correa, polling far ahead of the other candidates just days before, came in second with me... 26548 false true false false 2006-11-29T00:00:00Z La pepa 11515 2648 0 1 Ecuador Votes For Change ecuadorians-vote-for-systemic-change-by-la-pepa Ecuadorians Vote for Systemic Change 2009-09-24T09:17:00Z 11249