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I've said it since early in Correa's campaign, and I'll say it again: that guy is a really special politician. He's his country's Bismark, but he's done it all
by mr_luc 13y ago
I've said it since early in Correa's campaign, and I'll say it again: that guy is a really special politician. He's his country's Bismark, but he's done it all democratically. I've been living down here 9 months per year for the last 7 years and it's been an interesting time.
Check out his Enlace Ciudadanos on their youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/PresidenciaEc http://www.youtube.com/user/PresidenciaEc and you'll see how he goes way beyond the stump speech. He's spending 2 or 3 hours every week personally articulating the government's policy at the town-hall level.
Yeah, like every politician everywhere who wants to consolidate support, he uses the US as a punching bag. And the one genuinely messed-up thing he's done are his media laws, which make it hard for any large independent media companies to flourish. But he's no Hugo Chavez. He's too smart, and too good of a politician, to need to be.
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- muyuu 13y agoYep, I used to think he was just another regional populist, but he really is not. He's something else entirely.
- GFischer 13y agoGoes to show... I had branded him as another populist too, but I haven't researched much. I'll have to look things up :)
- akiselev 13y agoAre there any blogs or column on Ecuadorian politics (in English) where we can read about Correa and the public's opinions of him?
- mr_luc 13y agoJust more detail: seriously, look at the video from one of those Enlace Ciudadano events, and then take any still frame of video, and try to make him look stupid. The worst you can say is that he might look a little too earnest. He just did one of these at the refinery right outside where I live (about 5 minutes away) - notice his entrance after the video intro, where he joins a folk music band in singing "Bonito Manabi" (name of the province). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntkFqT7tQ4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUn2XiuAROvRcqscSI2Ni-6A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntkFqT7tQ4&feature=c4-overvi... He's got world-class skills, so he's like a man among boys down here. I'm just worried about who's going to inherit the concentration of executive power that he's built up.