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...real wonder is that Roldós has been allowed to campaign at all. He is the protégé of Assad Bucaram, a podium-pounding founder of the CFP, whose threatened accession to the presidency prompted the 1972 military coup. Yet Junta Leader Alfredo Poveda has repeatedly promised to respect the election results. If he does, it will mark a step forward for Ecuador, which has averaged a new government every two years since 1830, when it gained independence from Spain...