Ecuador: Rafael Correa an unpredictable President

Posted on August 24, 2013 • Filed under: Ecuador, Politics

Economist.com reported……..THE state-run Tren Crucero, which since June has revived its spectacular journey from Quito in the Andes down “The Devil’s Nose” to Guayaquil on the Pacific, charges a discounted $990 for four days of neo-baroque rail luxury. That hardly sounds like the creation of a self-proclaimed socialist government.
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Yet loyalists of President Rafael Correa’s “Citizens’ Revolution” have had to face other jarring decisions since he took office for a third time on May 24th. In June, a phone call from Joe Biden, America’s vice-president, sufficed for him to leave Edward Snowden, an ex-CIA whistleblower, at a Moscow airport instead of offering asylum. He has switched from opposing to advocating free-trade talks with the European Union. His government has made it harder for people to obtain asylum. That has irked human-rights groups, which have also blasted his Putinesque decision to vet non-governmental organisations. Read Article

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