Often described as charismatic and hard-working, but also brash with authoritarian tendencies, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa admits it himself: he wasn't elected to be Mr. Nice Guy. Elected to a final, four-year term in Sunday's presidential election, Correa has brought stability to this notoriously unstable nation, which shuffled through a staggering seven presidents in 10 years before he took office in 2007.

President Rafael Correa declared victory in the first-round of Ecuador's presidential vote Sunday as he celebrated with thousands of supporters in the South American country's Andean capital. "Nobody is going to stop this revolution; we are making history," Correa said, echoing the rhetoric of his socialist ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "We are here to serve you," Correa told a crowd from the balcony of the presidential palace in Quito. "Nothing for us, everything for you: the people who deserve the right to be free."

President Rafael Correa declared victory in the first-round of Ecuador's presidential vote Sunday as he celebrated with thousands of supporters in the capital of the South American country. "We are here to serve you," Correa told a crowd from the balcony of the presidential palace in Quito. "Nothing for us, everything for you: the people who deserve the right to be free."

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa won a second four-year term Sunday according to two exit polls giving him around 61 percent of the vote, published as polls closed in the general election. A survey by the private Opinion Publica polling firm gave the leftist 61 percent, some 40 points ahead of his nearest rival, banker Guillermo Lasso. A second survey, by Cedatos-Gallup, had similar results, with 61.5 percent for Correa to 29.9 percent for Lasso. sp/nss/dc