President Rafael Correa, a leftist champion of the poor, declared re-election victory just moments after the polls closed – a win that breaks sharply with Ecuador’s history of political instability.

OUSTED President Lucio Gutierrez left Ecuador aboard a Brazilian air force plane yesterday, flying to exile in Brazil four days after he was toppled at the end of a week of massive street protests.

BRAZIL has granted asylum to former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez, who took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy yesterday after being removed from office by Congress amid street protests calling for his ouster for abuse of power.

Ecuador’s ousted president Lucio Gutierrez has taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in Quito and asked for asylum, the Brazilian foreign ministry says.