Rafael Correa

president of Ecuador
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Also known as: Rafael Correa Delgado
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In full:
Rafael Correa Delgado
Born:
April 6, 1963, Guayaquil, Ecuador (age 61)

Rafael Correa (born April 6, 1963, Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an economist and politician who was president of Ecuador (2007–17). Correa, whose maternal grandfather was a great-nephew of former president José Eloy Alfaro, had a difficult childhood. During a period of unemployment, his father agreed to carry illegal drugs aboard a flight to the United States and was arrested and served several years in jail. Correa attended the prestigious San José La Salle high school on a scholarship, and he spent a year as a church-sponsored volunteer with Quechua-speaking Indians in Cotopaxi province. He later received a master’s degree from the ...(100 of 1428 words)