Correa Says Trump Could Revitalize Latin America's Left
Correa Says Trump Could Revitalize Latin America's Left
Published 28 July 2016 (6 hours 14 minutes ago)
"But for the sake of the USA and the world in general," Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said, "I hope Hillary Clinton wins.”
A Donald Trump presidency in the United States would be better for Latin America than if Hillary Clinton takes the top office, though the Democratic candidate would be a better option for the U.S. and the world as a whole, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa argued in an exclusive interview with teleSUR host Abby Martin.
“If you ask me what's better for Latin America, the answer I give may shock you—Trump,” Correa said during an interview with Martin in the Presidential Palace in Quito. “He is so basic that this will generate a reaction in Latin America which will build more support for progressive governments.”
Correa, a leftist economist who has championed the so-called “Citizen’s Revolution” since taking office as president in 2007, claimed that conservative U.S. politics under George W. Bush offered a boon to the socialist Pink Tide sweeping South America at the time and argued that history could repeat itself if Trump takes office.
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