Rafael Correa
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgadois an Ecuadorian politician and economist who has served as President of the Republic of Ecuador since 2007. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement, Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration has focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 April 1963
CityGuayaquil, Ecuador
foreign lack veto
There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our 21st century America.
Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
european latin north press
The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.
crimes freedom name tolerate
We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.
latin america people
I would just want to wish President Obama the best of luck, and that he should bear in mind that just as he is a good person, there are many of us presidents in Latin America who are also good people.
giving advice havens
I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.
play news should
A daily newspaper should report the news, not play at geopolitics.
latin america accumulation
The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation.
country wish kingdoms
We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.
fighting media talking
They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship, the dictatorship of the media.
trying doe fool
Einstein said if somebody time and again does something, or tries to do something, with the same negative results, and continues to insist on doing so, then he's a fool. This strategy carried out, applied by the United States in Colombia, has been a total failure.
country believe people
It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
reflection decision president
After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required.
sin socialism construction
The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.