Fresh from a landslide re-election victory, President Rafael Correa hoped Monday to match it with a sweeping legislative win needed to clear the way for deeper socialist changes in Ecuador. "Nobody is going to stop this revolution. We are making history," Correa told a crowd from the balcony of the presidential palace on Sunday, after clinching a new four-year term. "We are building our small homeland, and a larger one, too," he said, referring to Latin America.

* Charismatic economist cruises to easy election win * Correa seen extending state role in economy in new term * Ecuador needs investments to diversify oil-based economy By Eduardo Garcia and Brian Ellsworth QUITO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa vowed on Monday to press ahead with laws to control the media and redistribute land to the poor as he looks to deepen his socialist revolution after a resounding re-election victory.

* Charismatic economist cruises to easy election win * Correa seen extending state role in economy in new term * Ecuador needs investments to diversify oil-based economy By Eduardo Garcia and Brian Ellsworth QUITO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa reveled in a sweeping re-election victory that allows him to deepen his socialist revolution even as he seeks to woo foreign investment in the resource-wealthy Andean nation.

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa called on Europe Sunday to quickly settle the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been holed up in the country's embassy in Britain for eight months. "It's a diplomatic situation for which a solution must be found... as quickly as possible," Correa told reporters shortly after declaring victory in presidential elections, saying the Australian's fate lies "in Europe's hands."