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too soon. has accused French police of "covering up" the real target of the killings in 2012 and also offered to take a lie-detector test. Low prices for oil, the late Venezuelan president who Correa is often compared to. Help by the high oil prices of the late 2000s Mr Correa built roads schools and hospitals and invested in social programmes offering free education and healthcare He also increased efforts to expand the monthly cash payment known as Bono del Desarrollo Humano ("human development voucher") Around 12 million people in this country of 145 million receive some benefit from the $50 (32) payment In a nod to Ecuador's indigenous population which voted for Mr Correa in great numbers a new constitution approved in 2008 recognised the rights of nature a concept which comes from the indigenous notion of Mother Nature or Pachamama Mr Correa also made Kichwa and Shuar the two most-widespread indigenous languages official languages alongside Spanish These were significant steps in a country with a huge biodiversity and with 14 indigenous nationalities Media battles Mr Correa's policies have had some results Poverty rates have dropped significantly from 37% in 2007 to 27% in 2012 according to official statistics Yet critics say political stability has come at a high cost while certain principles set out in the constitution have not been respected Members of the opposition on both sides of the political spectrum say Mr Correa has concentrated power in his hands filling the courts with allies while clamping down on political opponents and private media Rights campaigning group Amnesty International has said the government has misused anti-terrorism laws dating from the 1970s military dictatorship to incarcerate indigenous leaders protesting against the exploitation of natural resources Mr Correa also made negative international headlines for pursuing and winning several libel lawsuits against private media The government says it is battling media organisations that have tried to undermine reforms that threaten the interests of the elites When it comes to the economy critics say that the current levels of high spending are not sustainable and are only possible thanks to the high prices of oil After defaulting on its foreign debt in 2008 Ecuador turned to China to borrow money It now owes the Asian superpower some $34bn (21bn) at high interest rates The government says it is going to develop tourism as an alternative source of income but critics say Mr Correa has not moved far from an economic model based on extraction of natural resources Further reforms New oil and mining projects are expected in previously untouched areas of the Amazon basin causing much discontent among indigenous leaders who had supported Mr Correa in previous elections Several Chinese companies have signed contracts with the Ecuadorean government to exploit natural resources such as copper From his vantage point under the porches of Quito's Plaza Grande Mr Zapata says this criticism is of little importance to him "Mr Correa looks after the poor" he says recalling the first time he entered the presidential palace It was in 2010 and Mr Correa invited all the shoe shiners to have lunch with him in the palace Mr Zapata had never set his foot in there before and was very grateful "Even if it's only with a meal he does what he can Every time he walks in front of the palace he waves at us" he says So far Mr Correa has managed to address social and economic issues that were long overdue making certain steps towards a more equal and more modern country He has pledged further reforms that critics worry will deepen his control over media and the courts His next challenge will also be to look for someone who may take over from him in 2017 as the constitution does not allow him to run again So far his popularity remains high but it remains to be seen whether by the time his mandate ends his choices will have given Ecuador a more prosperous future in the long run be remodelled an independent republic or remain a "free and associated state" has long dominated politics on this island of almost four million inhabitants. However,www.jpchannellzt.tk/, Mr Haywood said: "We are here for two reasons I would say. who said his priority was to ensure any strike did not affect the fuel supply to Scotland. Alcohol is an anaesthetic and it depresses some of our higher centres,??? ???, science journalist.
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