Rafael Correa

We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.

Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.

I'm a pacifist by nature.

The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.

They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship, the dictatorship of the media.