Rafael Correa quotes

Rafael Correa is an Ecuadorian economist and politician who served as the President of Ecuador. His leadership was marked by significant social and economic reforms, as well as a focus on reducing poverty and inequality. He remains a prominent and controversial figure in Ecuadorian and Latin American politics. Here are 11 of his quotes:

Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.

Rafael Correa

They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship, the dictatorship of the media.

Rafael Correa

The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.

Rafael Correa

What's the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? There is a greater difference between what I think in the morning and what I think in the afternoon than between those two parties.

Rafael Correa

We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.

Rafael Correa

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

Rafael Correa

After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required.

Rafael Correa

I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.

Rafael Correa

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

Rafael Correa