Following the devastating earthquake that hit Ecuador, president Rafael Correa visited one of the affected areas. The crowd was very apprehensive. Correa was caught on camera reacting to their demands (my translation, starting at 0:18 in the video, emphasis added),
“Let’s see, gentlemen. We’re in the middle of a national emergency. No one loses their calm, no one yells, or I’ll have them arrested, be it young or old, man or woman.
“No one start crying or complaining about the missing people unless it’s about their loved ones.”
The guy is all heart.
Correa later said to the BBC that he was quoted out of context by people who want to harm him.
The death toll is up to 654 people. About one in every 30 Ecuadorians, or half a million people, were in need of food assistance after the quake disrupted their livelihoods.
