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'''Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado''' (born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017.<br />
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== Presidency ==<br />
In 2009, Correa refused to renew the [[United States of America|U.S.]] lease for a military base in Ecuador. He offered to renew the release if the U.S. let Ecuador have a military base in Miami, [[Florida]].<ref>{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|isbn=9780520972070|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05|page=40|chapter=Introduction}}</ref><br />
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== Show trial ==<br />
After his presidency ended, Correa fled to [[Kingdom of Belgium|Belgium]]. In April 2020, a [[Lawfare|kangaroo court]] in Ecuador sentenced him to eight years in prison and banned him from running for office until 2045. His vice president, [[Jorge Glas]], was also imprisoned from 2017 to 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Brian Mier|newspaper=[[Kawsachun News]]|title=US Lawfare and the destabilization of Latin America|date=2023-01-25|url=https://kawsachunnews.com/us-lawfare-and-the-destabilization-of-latin-america|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205042636/https://kawsachunnews.com/us-lawfare-and-the-destabilization-of-latin-america|archive-date=2023-02-05|retrieved=2023-02-11}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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