{"id":6167,"date":"2017-02-28T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2017-02-28T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:52:00","slug":"ecuador-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=6167","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6168\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/3500.jpg\" alt=\"3500\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/3500.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/3500-750x450.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Shortly after seeing the U.S. elect a new president and then in January our denomination here, IPEE or the Covenant Church of Ecuador, now we are seeing a new president elected for the country of Ecuador. \u00a0On February 19th, we had\u00a0our national elections and were\u00a0electing a new president after three terms with a president, Rafael Correa, who has brought a lot of economic stability to the country. \u00a0There was a lot of uncertainty with the election and the days following. \u00a0We are a smaller developing country who went through a lot times of economic and political instability in the 90&#8217;s and 2000&#8217;s. \u00a0The current president has had us more on the right track even though the low oil prices have thrown us into a recession. \u00a0It looks like we&#8217;ll be having a second day of voting in April between the two candidates who received the most votes as no one received the necessary 40% needed to win. \u00a0Please be praying for Ecuador and these elections as we are going through a time of great instability. \u00a0Read more here:<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/ecuador-electoral-body-formally-orders-presidential-runoff\/article34116584\/\">http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/ecuador-electoral-body-formally-orders-presidential-runoff\/article34116584\/<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6167&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after seeing the U.S. elect a new president and then in January our denomination here, IPEE or the Covenant Church of Ecuador, now we are seeing a new president elected for the country of Ecuador. \u00a0On February 19th, we had\u00a0our national elections and were\u00a0electing a new president after three terms with a president, Rafael &hellip; 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