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Diario Las Americas
Correa’s Radicalism and Freedom in the Region
In the very dangerous scenario that exists today because of the policies of many governments in the Western Hemisphere in terms of what should be truly democratic governments, the case of Ecuador, with Rafael Correa’s second term, achieves very serious proportions because of the ruler’s characteristics, including his solid academic background. This, notwithstanding the fact that he has come into office by way of democratic elections. It is well-known that one thing is this type of election and another, very different, is the way in which power is discharged. It is not an absolute franchise to do whatever the winner wants to do. By way of arbitrariness, soon it is possible to get to a dictatorship. Without any qualms whatsoever, President Correa proclaims his wish and his decision to go to the extremes of “radicalism” in the political and social philosophy of his government, described as socialist. In other words, reaching the extremes, expressing everything with revolutionary dialectics at the same level of the most exalted demagogues of our times, among them, of course, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez. Furthermore, it must be taken into consideration that he has openly spoken against freedom of expression. To all this we must add that the presence of Cuban dictator Raúl Castro at the inauguration, with a display of publicity worthy of a better cause, indicates Correa’s full identification with the founder of the Cuban totalitarian tyranny, Fidel Castro. There is a photo of Raúl and Correa in the balcony of a beautiful palace in Quito that shows in their smiles and gestures an alarming and also disparaging solidarity. Correa’s inauguration was surrounded by special significance with the attendance of seven regional presidents in office. They all knew what they were there for and what would be the revolutionary and radical tone of the speeches during the ceremony. Moreover, they expressed their sympathy and support for Correa’s policies in numerous protocol manifestations and also folkloric events, singing and all… The present and future of representative and serious democracy, which is how democracy should be, is very compromised, not to say that in deadly danger in the region if this institutionalized and aggressive disorder continues against individual rights, public liberties and the representative democratic system.
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