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President Juan Manuel Santos said in the inaugural speech of his government that he is opened to dialog and negotiation with armed groups in the aim to end violence and the construction of a more prosper, equal and just society, but they must renounce to guns, kidnapping, drug trafficking, extortion and intimidation first.
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If Oliver Stone criticizes the American media for portraying President Chávez of Venezuela as a villain, it is possible to assume the same elements of his judgement to criticize his film campaign to build a hero. His ‘South of the Border‘ is a so American view of Latin America as any other mediocre view over the region by a Harrison Ford.
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said during the Summit of the Indigenous and Afro-American Authorities of ALBA-TCP in the city of Otavalo, Imbabura Province, that the nations of Latin America must subscribe to a true Trade Agreement that promotes the development of the ancestral peoples.
Continue reading »President Barack Obama called Colombian elected president Juan Manuel Santos to congratulate his victory to the Nariño House. Obama manifested also his interest in strength the relations between both countries. At the same time, Santos is preparing what is going to be his government after August 7, meeting national personalities and reveling his perspectives over different issues of national concern.
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The article by WSJ’s journalist Mary Anastasia O’Grady, “The FARC’s Ecuadorean Friends” published on June 22, attracted the attention and wrath of Ecuadorean president Rafeal Correa. The reason is understandable: O’Grady takes the Colombian position that the Correa government is friendly with the Farc because of evidence allegedly found on the late Reyes’ computer. President Correa reacted strongly against this claim to the media and The Wall Street Journal. He accused the American newspaper of a campaign of disinformation orchestrated by Colombia against Ecuador.
President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a communication to congratulate the reelection of Rafael Correa, the first president to follow a second term in the South American nation since decades ago and the first to give a political stability to it after ten years of “temporary governments” since president Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt was forced to resign in 21rst January 2000 by indigenous demonstrations and a military revolt.
A socialist that has alined his country with Venezuela and Bolivia, Correa has followed a intensive program of reforms and transformations that have given to him a high rank of popularity.
Although rumors of fraud have not been demonstrated, most Ecuadorians have prefered the leader who has led their nation since January 2007. He will be president again until 2013 and he won the position with 51.9 percent of votes that avoid a second round. He defeated former president Lucio Gutierrez who got a 28 percent of voting, according to the National Election Council.
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The conflict between Colombia and Ecuador is one year older and the solution is far to become real. At least is the impression given by General Secretary of the American States Organization, José Miguel Insulza, in Bogotá yesterday after the declaration of president Correa in Quito. For Insulza the words of Correa were just as normal as it has been his attitude all the time of the debate with Uribe. President Correa stated that Quito will not reestablish diplomatic relation with Bogotá as long he is the president in Ecuador.
In March 2008 Colombian troops attacked a camp of the Farc guerrillas where was one of the strongest man of that rebel group, Rafael Reyes, known also as the official and international Farc’s spokesman. He and several guerrillas were killed in the assault that included aerial bombing and infantry.
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The Minister for the Economic Politicies of Ecuador, Diego Borja, denied that the government is trying to implement a system with two currencies in the country.
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President Rafael Correa of Ecuador continues his strong words against Colombia, while increases the military forces at the border. Correa said in University of La Habana, in an official visit to Cuba, that the Colombian government wants to put conditions to his country to reestablish diplomatic relations.
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Colombia must respect the sovereignty of Ecuador in order to reestablish the diplomatic relations among both countries, said the Minister of Domestic and Foreign Security of Ecuador, Gustavo Larrea in the national television yesterday.
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