In Ecuador, President Rafael Correa’s ruling coalition has won a solid majority in a newly elected assembly that will rewrite the country’s constitution. Since taking office earlier this year, Correa has called for Ecuador to adopt a new socialism of the 21st century that ends what he has called “the perverse system that has destroyed our democracy, our economy and our society.”

Rafael Correa: “We will sit down and speak with everyone but will not waiver even a millimeter on our principles and the mandate that the Ecuadorean people have ratified once again in yesterday’s (vote).”

Latin American analyst Roger Burbach says the vote helps cement Ecuador’s place in an anti-neoliberal axis in Latin America along with Venezuela and Bolivia.