▁ 2 0 1 5 : ▁ ▁" For ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁human ity ▁this ▁pover ty ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁resources , ▁but ▁rather ▁is ▁the ▁fruit ▁of ▁inequality , ▁and ▁this , ▁in ▁turn , ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁per verse ▁relations ▁of ▁power , ▁where ▁few ▁have ▁it ▁all ▁and ▁many ▁have ▁nothing ▁at ▁all .” ▁This ▁approach ▁has ▁generated ▁fer vent ▁support ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁host ility ▁from ▁wealth y ▁se ctors ▁in ▁E cuador ; ▁for ▁example , ▁his ▁land ▁reform ▁policies ▁for ▁giving ▁un product ive ▁land ▁to ▁poor ▁pe as ants ▁has ▁wor ried ▁ag rib us iness , ▁particularly ▁the ▁large ▁flower ▁and ▁ban ana ▁produ cers . ▁He ▁has ▁vast ly ▁expanded ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁workers ▁on ▁the ▁public ▁sector ▁and ▁made ▁health ▁and ▁education ▁free ▁for ▁all ▁E cuador ians . ▁Some ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁Cor rea ▁has ▁cl amp ed ▁down ▁on ▁diss ent ▁in ▁the ▁country ' s ▁news ▁media , ▁although ▁journal ists ▁in ▁E cuador ▁are ▁not ▁risk ing ▁their ▁lives ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁in ▁other ▁countries ▁of ▁the ▁region . ▁His ▁government ▁has ▁run ▁record - high ▁def ic its . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Cor rea ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁president ▁of ▁E cuador ▁to ▁win ▁re - e lection ▁in ▁nearly ▁a ▁half - century . ▁ ▁Dem ocracy ▁Code ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁E cuador ' s ▁Constitution al ▁Court ▁( CC