Rafael Correa Quotes
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.
Correa, Rafael. Letter to Juan Manuel Santos. 2 Apr. 2012. Quoted in "Ecuador's Rafael Correa to Boycott Americas Summit." BBC News, BBC, 2 Apr. 2012.
At the time Pakistan was almost a failed state which had nuclear weapons. They took large amounts of American aid (military and civilian) and claimed that they were an ally in the War on Terror. On some occasions they deployed their troops against fundamentalist terrorists. On others they shielded terrorists and provided them with sanctuary from attack, intelligence and allowed terrorist leaders to not only live in Pakistan but operate their organizations from Pakistan. They supported radical Madrassas (religious schools) that taught hate and terrorism, and armed terrorists in the hopes that they could be used against their enemy India while the terrorists themselves killed more Pakistanis by far than the Indians ever did. The civilian government was subservient to the military which itself was subservient to the Intelligence Arm.
Approached by a representative of a Chinese nationalist revolutionary movement for financial assistance:
This problem in Latin America would continue for more than a century. This however, is the first suggestion that the United States should consider direct intervention to obtain justice for U. S. citizens—and businesses—rather than follow the traditional diplomatic procedures. We evolved from this to trying to control the government of the Latin American countries with a premium placed on stability rather than quality of fairness of the governments.
With promises the success lies in following through and keeping the promise which is usually very costly. A threat that fails meanwhile can be the most expensive thing. We make a threat to deter a foreign power from something. Failure occurs when they are not intimidated and go ahead anyway. Then if we follow through on the threat, that is very costly—a war, a trade embargo, or whatever. Not following through on the threat is the costliest of all as we lose our credibility, trust and honor.
This principle of support of Administration foreign policy (even if opposed) when abroad had an enormous influence on both political parties behavior for almost half a century. It began to fall apart with the hyperpartisanship that the Republican’s deep enmity to Democratic President Bill Clinton, and this was retaliated against be some Democrats during the George W. Bush Presidency. It completely disintegrated with the antipathy many very conservative Republicans had against President Barack Obama in the early 21st century. See {633113} for the Senator’s elaboration on the meaning of the policy.
He was very sensitive to the criticism of China’s human rights record. The Chinese leadership was very proud to their accomplishments of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and eliminating hunger and starvation, and many foreigners from developed nations were seemingly inattentive to the remarkable economic success in their focus on human rights shortcomings.
“The word “monitoring” is a polite diplomatic word for “spying on”. She made this statement in July of 2014 when the Germans discovered that the United States was spying on their government and ejected key Americans from the country. Albright was explaining that this is extremely common and “normal” between allies. See {640830} for more on this subject.
Some historians believe that with this quotation, Japan perceived that it had a “green light” from America to dominate Asia. It was further reinforced when Roosevelt later refused to object or intervene when Japan seized control of Korea.
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado, known as Rafael Correa, is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the UNASUR.
