Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno shows his ballot before casting his vote during a referendum in Quito, Ecuador, on Feb. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Santiago Armas) PA Images. all rights reserved.
The vote is over, and the winners are celebrating. As expected, and for once correctly predicted by the polls, the pro Lenin Moreno YES vote achieved a substantial majority (approximately 2:1) in all seven questions posed.
The bigger question is whether the latest Ecuadorian referendum, the eleventh since electoral democracy returned 40 years ago, represents a watershed moment, or simply a consolidation of power within an already known structure.
