How Things Change in Two Years – Rafael Correa’s Speech in 2014 at Harvard

IN 2014 SPEECH AT HARVARD RAFAEL CORREA STATED:
April 11, 2014 harvard.edu – “Democracy has been firmly established in Ecuador,” Correa said. “Not only democracy in the formal sense, but real democracy, in terms of people’s access to rights, equal opportunities, and dignified living conditions. This is the so-called ‘Ecuadorian Miracle.’ ”

Between 2007 and 2013, Correa said, 1.13 million Ecuadoreans were lifted from poverty, and the incidence of extreme poverty fell from 16.9 percent to 8.6 percent, while growth averaged 4.2 percent per year. The country also claims the lowest unemployment rate in the region, 4.1 percent, and according to a U.N. development report it is one of three countries with the greatest upward mobility.

Correa made no apologies for his socialist policies, claiming they had achieved success where the “long and dark period of neo-liberal policies” had not. Read Article

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