Ecuador's President Rafael Correa to Speak at Harvard and Yale

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Apr 08, 2014, 20:10 ET


(PRWEB) April 08, 2014 -- President Rafael Correa of Ecuador will address students, faculty members and special guests at Harvard and Yale universities this coming Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, and meet with university officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

President Correa’s visit to the Unites States this week also includes a two-day trip to New York City where he will talk to Spanish-language media reporters, and will offer individual interviews to various English-language media outlets. Mr. Correa will also have TV appearances at PBS with Charlie Rose and MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes.

The President will also meet with members of the Ecuadorian community living in the New York area at a cultural show to be held at LaGuardia Community College in Queens. On Saturday, Mr. Correa will broadcast live the weekly public address, “Enlace Ciudadano”, at the New York Hall of Science in Queens.

President Correa’s visit to the U.S. is in response to invitations by Harvard and Yale universities. Mr. Correa will speak at the John F. Kennedy Center at Harvard University, and in the Luce Hall at Yale University.

President Correa will also meet with the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Rafael Reif and other university officials.

This is President Correa’s first public visit to the United States since September of 2011, where he also broadcasted his weekly public address from Queens College.

President Correa is currently one of the most popular leaders of the Americas, with over 75% approval rating according to recent international polls.

In Ecuador’s 2013 presidential elections, Rafael Correa’s ticket won overwhelmingly within Ecuadorian immigrants around the globe, including the United States and Canada with a 63% of the vote. Ecuadorian registered voters living overseas can vote in presidential and parliamentary elections.

Jean Paul Borja, MCSQUARED PR, http://www.mc2pr.com, +1 (212) 602-1730, [email protected]