Correa Warns on Attempts to
Turn Latin America into a Middle East
QUITO - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa
publicly announced the decision of avoiding
that "insane groups, probably supported by
foreign bases, want to turn the Latin
American region in a new Middle East."
When handing over Ecuador's Armed Forces Top
Command posts, Correa emphasized the
importance of the investment carried out in
the defence of the State's sovereignty and
in improving the operational capacity of the
military institution.
Making reference to the statements made by
Colombian presidential candidates, of
supporting the attack to the Ecuadorian
territory of Angostura on March 1, 2008 and
expressing publicly their will to repeat it
if it were necessary, Correa stressed the
need of being ready to defend the country.
Before the existence of retarded ideas that
pretend to justify military interventions in
sister nations, the Ecuadorian president
said US$ 1.6 billions have been invested in
the defense.
Correa pointed out that the investment in
defense constitutes in total the 2.7 percent
of the Gross Domestic Product, and it is
only lower than the education expense, but
he made clear that there could be no
development without defense, nor defense
without development.
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