Quito_ These are difficult, but not terrible times, Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correat, affirmed in reference to the situation that Latin America lives today, CubaSí publishes.
"Yes, the integration is being beaten and the luck factor counts. But we should continue ahead", he asserted in an interview with the American-Venezuelan writer and journalist Eva Golinger for Russia Today, disclosed in national television.
In his opinion there were lamentable tragedies like the death of Néstor Kirchner, while he was the General Secretary of the Union of South American Nations, and Hugo Chávez, one of the main promoters of the regional integration, when he was presidig over Venezuela.
However, Correa recognized as positive the position of Bolivia, with one of the macroeconomic best indicators in the area or Ecuador, champion in the reduction of poverty and of inequity at regional level, with its advances in education, ports and airports.
"There can be setbacks, but Latin America will never allow the return to the original point, before these processes", he estimated.
"The area is facing at present new Plan Condor, with its judicial and economic attacks, without limits neither scruples", he emphasized.
In this respect, he sentenced: We should be organized and more united."
"These are hard, but not terrible times, he insisted.
Previously, head of state had remembered that in 2014 he prevented a conservative restoration, but his prediction was short, because it is no longer a conservative restoration.
He alerted of the evidence of the attacks against the integration, they are shameless and attempt against the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), the Latin American and Caribbean Community of States (Celac) and they are looking look for to revive the dying American States Organization (OEA).


