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SUBJECT: ECUADORIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ATTEND 
BOLIVIAN REVOLUTIONARY CONFERENCE 
 
 
¶1. (U) An article and a full page advertisement in the 
October 26 edition of the Bolivian daily La Razon states that 
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Rafael Correa will be 
attending a conference in Bolivia titled the "First Meeting 
of the Peoples and States for the Liberation of the Homeland 
-- Global Solidarity for the Bolivian Revolution."  The full 
page advertisement calls Rafael Correa the "legitimate 
President of Ecuador."  (See SEPTEL for reference to the 
Ambassador's discussion of this topic in his meeting with 
Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera on October 26). The 
conference's stated objective is to establish a new 
organization which will be a strategic alliance of social 
sector groups and Latin American governments that will carry 
the Spanish name Bloque Regional de Poder Popular (BRPP). 
The meeting will take place in Sucre, October 27-29. 
 
¶2. (U) According to the La Razon article, Bolivian 
presidential spokesperson Alex Contreras announced yesterday 
that Rafael Correa will attend the two day meeting.  Per the 
advertisement, Correa is scheduled to speak after Bolivia's 
President Morales inaugurates the event. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Comment: There is speculation that Morales' Movement 
Towards Socialism (MAS) party paid for the full page 
advertisement in La Razon, but the GOB claims it is not 
sponsoring the event.  The declaration of Rafael Correa as 
the "legitimate President of Ecuador" is direct interference 
in Ecuador's electoral process.   President Morales has a 
history of interfering in a neighbor's elections as witnessed 
by his direct support of Ollanta Humala in Peru's election 
earlier this year. End Comment. 
GOLDBERG