Hola Amigos! This is something different today, but we think you'll find it interesting—and relevant. It's Jack’s translation of excerpts (with dictionario in hand) from a speech by Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, printed in the Loja newspaper, "La Hora." Jack included his comments and summary to give the speech a context. Correa's Speech at UNASUR Rafael Correa, in addition to being President of Ecuador, is the pro tempore leader of UNASUR, the Union of South American States which concerns itself with issues of importance to all of South America. On August 29th, nine presidents of South American countries met in Bariloche, Argentina, in a highly-contentious meeting where Latin tempers flared. (The two women present — Michele Bachelet, President of Chile, and Cristina Fernandez, President of Argentina —cooled things off when they joked that it must
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