MACHETERA: Popular, Not Populist -- Interview w/ Prez Rafael Correa

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In this interview with Argentina's Mario Wainfeld, Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa says, "…the policies of George Bush have been so clumsy in the region that they've favored us. The progressive governments have a lot to thank him for, he's helped us a lot."

Also in this interview, this breaking news: An Ecuadoran who survived the Colombian/U.S. bombing of the FARC camp in Ecuador on March 1 was killed with a blow from a rifle butt to his neck, not by gunfire or the bombs themselves.

Winning Elections is Not the Same as Winning Power

Mario Wainfeld - Página 12

Translation: Machetera

In an interview with Página 12, Ecuador's president spoke of his opposition's coalition, the role of the media and banking. As well, he spoke of the relationship between democracy and power factions, and his socialist project and its limits. Of the influence of the dollar and remittances. Of the relationship between countries in the region, with Colombia, with the United States. And much more, even a goal made in overtime.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Good interview! Learned some interesting things I've never seen.

Interesting news about the communications organizations there.

Concerning the invasion and attack:

The bombs were North American and, according to the reports from our armed forces, could not have been launched from Colombian planes. Three of the wounded, according to forensic reports, were in all likelihood, killed after surviving the bombing. The Ecuadoran who died there was hit on the neck with the butt of a rifle, not struck by bullets or bombs.

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...That’s an outrage: that we should be attacked, then we are slandered and must justify ourselves.

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Thanks for the article.