Correa was able to afford a university education with the aid of funding grants. During graduate studies, he came under the particular influence of the laissez-faire critical economist Joseph Stiglitz.
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Celebrities Born in Ecuador. Luz Argentina Chiriboga Writer. He was the first Ecuadorian President to serve a second consecutive term since the 19th century. It was the first time in thirty years that the country had re-elected a president and the first elected president from Guayaquil The coast who could finished his term after Leon Febres Cordero — His party also won the largest legislative block in the National Assembly, although not a majority.
Correa was sworn into the Presidency on 10 August , the same day as Ecuador's bicentennial. Correa used the opportunity to promise a continuation of his "socialist revolution", his plans to end poverty and to go on "stamping out the structural causes of poverty". He also said the actions of the media were opposing his government. He claims that the continuation of his "The Citizens' Revolution" policy is intended to ensure all citizens are equal.
A third fine could lead to a temporary or permanent ban on this private television channel. In December , the station was taken off the air by the Superintendent of Telecommunications [es], under a provisional suspension of 72 hours for purportedly "spreading false information. Ecuador has ratified the treaty. Correa announced on 3 April that he would propose to UNASUR the creation of a united front against transnationals like the US company Chevron, which he accused of attempting to destroy his country.
In May , the Ecuadorian government renegotiated radio spectrum franchises for mobile phone operators Porta and Movistar for a total price of million dollars, far more than that recommended by studies conducted under previous governments, which had proposed granting the same franchises for only 70 million dollars.
Two bodies, several documents and three laptops found in the guerrilla camp were returned to Colombia. This was the first time the Colombian military had killed a member of FARC's leadership council in combat. After this operation, the Colombian authorities increased its security measures nationwide, fearing FARC retaliation.
On 3 March , Colombia's police said that documents found in a camp in Ecuador where Colombian troops killed Raul Reyes, a top guerrilla boss, showed ties between the FARC rebels and Correa, including contacts about political proposals and local military commanders. Correa denied the accusations, calling them lies. Correa also said that a deal to release political prisoners — including former Colombian Sen. Ingrid Betancourt — was nearly complete before the 1 March Colombian raid into his country.
On 18 May , Colombia's Supreme Court ruled documents found on computers of slain FARC commander "Raul Reyes" are inadmissible as evidence in court as the material is illegally obtained and provides no evidence. A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 28 September to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly elected in The new constitution also increased the powers of the presidency by increasing the number of presidential decrees permitted.
Correa adopted a confrontational approach to both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Correa's administration has suggested that the new government will not sign an agreement allowing the International Monetary Fund to monitor its economic plan. In May , evidence surfaced that some of the Ecuadorian government rhetoric might have been part of an alleged market manipulation to benefit Ecuador from movements in the price of financial instruments linked to Ecuadorian Bonds.
A fall in Ecuador bond prices, ignited by aggressive default rhetoric, would trigger a buyback by Ecuador, financed by Venezuelan banks. This strategy collapsed due to operations engaged by Venezuelan financial institutions who profited from the market swings. Correa referred to the allegations as a conspiracy from a powerful banker.
Correa has criticized the neoliberal policies of previous presidents, particularly former president Mahuad's adoption of the U. Correa has characterized American dollarisation as a "technical error" which has effectively eliminated Ecuador's ability to set its own currency and exchange policy. However, Correa has also acknowledged that it would be politically and economically impossible to abandon that policy now.
After his election victory of 15 April , he pledged to maintain dollarisation during the entire four years of his administration, though he also indicated his support for the idea of replacing the US dollar with a regional South American currency at some point in the future.
In February , Correa's plan to have a referendum on the convening of a constituent assembly was approved by Congress. The referendum took place on 15 April However, after this date was set, the "statutes" for the referendum were modified by Correa to allow more powers to the constituent assembly.
One of these powers was the ability to dismiss Congress, a power which Congress never approved. The newer version of the referendum was approved by the majority of the seven-seat Electoral Tribunal.
In early March, Congress, which was controlled by Correa's opposition, reacted by trying to impeach the President of the electoral tribunal. The electoral tribunal then removed from office the 57 members of Congress who tried to impeach the President of the Electoral Tribunal, on the grounds of attempting to intervene an electoral process.
Correa backed the electoral tribunal which approved his version of the referendum while stating that the removal of the 57 congressmen was constitutional. The situation escalated to a feud between the opposition in Congress and the Executive and marches in the street against Congress and police intervention to prevent the Congressmen from entering the legislative building.
On 15 April , Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly On 30 September , due to the extraordinarily large number of candidates and lists 26 national lists, provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election was the most complex in Ecuador's history.
As a result, in the national election, President Correa won backing for his plans to rewrite Ecuador's constitution and expand state control of the nation's economy. The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly first convened on 29 November in Montecristi, and was given six months to write a new constitution, with a possible two-month extension.
When Ecuador began the process of writing a new constitution, they received help from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund to draft environmental laws giving nature and ecosystems rights. On 3 August , Correa ordered the deportation of Sean O'Hearn-Gimenez, director of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, saying that he would not allow "gringuitos" literally, "little gringos" to tell Ecuadorians what to do or to pursue local fishermen.
However, a local newspaper noted that O'Hearn-Gimenez had signed a 5-year agreement with Ecuador's own Environmental Police rather than acting unilaterally as a foreigner with no authority of his own , and was married to an Ecuadorian. The deportation was ordered because Sea Shepherd, in partnership with the Ecuadorian National Environmental Police, exposed and stopped the biggest shark-fin shipment in the port city of Manta.
Correa later rescinded the extradition order because O'Hearn-Gimenez was married to an Ecuadorian woman. All the arrested fishermen were released, too, and the confiscated shark fins returned to them.
According to some media, the Government repressed abusing from the force to these mobilizations. Ecuador's largest advocacy group for Indians, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, planned a two-week march to Quito beginning on Thursday to protest Correa's land and water policies that they say were hurting their way of life.
Correa condemned the action and accused them of being hypocrites for having allied with the extreme right, of seeking to exploit mining for themselves and of trying to destabilize his government, urging his followers to mobilize against them.
Between and , poverty decreased from At the same time, inequalities, as measured by the Gini index, decreased from 0. At the same time, inequalities — as measured by the Gini index — decreased from 0. The editorial, titled "Official Vandalism", said that Correa intended to rule Ecuador "with turmoil, rocks and sticks".
It described the president's behavior as "shameful. Upon his election, Correa began a weekly Saturday radio show, "The President Talks to his People", in which he discussed the week's events and answered questions from journalists.
Correa decided to create Ecuador TV, the first state-owned channel in the country, with the announced intention of producing television with better quality standards than the private channels.
Also, newspaper El Telegrafo was purchased and became state-owned. Correa won the presidency in the general election on a platform criticizing the established political elites. Taking office in January , he sought to move away from Ecuador's neoliberal economic model by reducing the influence of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He oversaw the introduction of a new constitution, being re-elected in and again general election.
At the same time, inequalities, as measured by the Gini coefficient, decreased from 0. Correa decided to campaign for the presidency in the presidential election, although at the time he was a largely unknown figure among the Ecuadorean public.
Employing Vinicio Alvarado as his campaign manager, Correa's campaign emphasised his personality as a macho family man of modest origins who was angry with the country's political elites. During his campaign, he described himself as the head of "a citizen's revolution" against the established political parties and corrupt elites, and depicted himself as the leader of a second independence movement devoted to freeing Ecuador from American imperialism.
Touring the country aboard a motorized caravan attending political rallies, he emphasized this opposition using campaign songs such as Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It", as well as through the slogan "Se viene el correazo" "Here comes a whipping" , a pun on the fact that "Correa" can be translated as whip. Correa also proposed strategies for reducing the burden of Ecuador's foreign debt service through compulsory debt restructuring.
He indicated that his top priority would be spending on social programs rather than servicing Ecuador's debt. On foreign policy, Correa commented on Ecuador's relations with its neighbor Colombia. Correa stressed Ecuador's aversion to becoming involved in Colombia's domestic conflict. He also declared that he condemned their kidnappings, violations of human rights and bombings.
In addition to his platform on economic and social policy, Correa's ability to communicate with a large majority of Ecuador's indigenous population in their own language also differentiated him from other candidates. Alfredo Pareja. Andres Gomez. Angel Mena. Anggie Avegno. Catalina Lopez. Christian Cruz. Christian Noboa. Cynthia Viteri. Danny Vera. David Quiroz. Dennys Quinonez. Diego Noboa.
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