MEDIA ROOTS – Reporting From Outside Party Lines » rafael correa http://mediaroots.org Sat, 15 Jul 2023 22:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 President Correa on Fighting Poverty & Foreign Domination in Ecuador http://mediaroots.org/president-correa-on-his-legacy-critics/ http://mediaroots.org/president-correa-on-his-legacy-critics/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:28:07 +0000 http://mediaroots.org/?p=8730 Read More]]> After 10 years and three terms, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa’s time in office has ended. Under his administration Ecuador made far-reaching economic and social gains, despite having inherited a country on the brink of collapse.

In one of his last interviews before leaving office, Abby Martin talks to him about his legacy, his critics, and the struggle ahead for Ecuador and beyond.

From commenting on Trump and the global crisis of inequality, to addressing CIA plots and opposition in his own country, hear Correa’s last words as President to the people of Latin America and the United States.

 

President Correa on His Legacy & Critics

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]]> http://mediaroots.org/president-correa-on-his-legacy-critics/feed/ 0 Abby Martin Interviews President Rafael Correa on Empire & the Environment http://mediaroots.org/abby-martin-interviews-president-rafael-correa-on-empire-the-environment/ http://mediaroots.org/abby-martin-interviews-president-rafael-correa-on-empire-the-environment/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2016 02:20:16 +0000 http://mediaroots.org/?p=8469 Read More]]> ABBY AND CORREA

After touring Chevron’s oil pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon, Abby Martin sits down for an exclusive interview with Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, about the legal battle against the corporation and push to decolonize the country from Western powers.

They discuss Ecuador’s new constitution that grants legal rights to nature for the first time in history, the country’s proposed ban against individuals using tax havens holding public office, and his administration’s dismantling of neoliberalism, stressing that the world order must shift, so that people come before capital.

Despite its diplomatic relationship with the United States, Correa comments on how Ecuador remains the subject of ongoing regime change efforts and democratic subversion on behalf of the U.S. government through NGOs like USAID. However, Correa is determined that being in the crosshairs of U.S. Empire will only embolden their fight for independence.

When asked about whether Trump or Clinton would be better for the future of Latin America, Correa’s response is surprising. He says Trump’s crudeness would be better to “revitalize the left” in Latin America, but that Hillary would be better for the sake of people in the U.S.

 

Abby Martin Interviews Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa 

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