 Complete the following phrase:  Correas presidency was part of the Latin American pink tide, a turn toward leftist governments in the region, allying himself with Hugo Chávezs Venezuela and brought Ecuador into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas in June 2009. Using its own form of 21st century socialism, Correas administration increased government spending, reducing poverty, raising the minimum wage and increasing the standard of living in Ecuador. By the end of Correas tenure, reliance on oil, public expenditures, 