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QUITO, Ecuador — The United States is too racist to elect Barack Obama president, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says.

Correa, who studied in the U.S., told reporters late Wed nesday that he “knows American society” and that Obama rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is more likely to defeat the Republican nominee, John McCain.

“They’re still quite racist there,” the leftist leader said.

Correa complimented Clinton, calling her a “very brilliant, beautiful and charismatic woman,” but said Obama’s positions are closer to his own.

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