who is the president of ecuador in 2012?
Rafael Correa
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 = = = New president Ramón Calderón ( 2006 – 09 ) = = = 

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 Ecuador 's President Galo Plaza Lasso flew to Ambato to take personal charge of the primary relief efforts . Plaza directed rescue efforts for two days as airlifts from Quito dropped supplies . A group of Red Cross volunteers and medical supplies were sent on American aircraft . The United States Army sent two relief teams equipped with serum and blood plasma . The mayor of Miami along with seven other politicians began a fund @-@ raising campaign for medical needs and clothing and coordinated the distribution of 69 kg ( 152 lb ) of Rexall drugs . Several nearby countries sent airplanes carrying medicine and food . A local fund @-@ raising effort collected 250 @,@ 000 Ecuadorian sucres ( approximately $ 14 @,@ 815 1949 USD ) within two hours of its launch . Plaza said " We have not lost our courage . Neither Ambato nor Ecuador shall cry any more , but begin to work . " 

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 A crowd of 3 @,@ 000 people went to the Senate to demand a declaration of majority . The " supporters of an immediate majority gathered at the Senate and passed a motion , signed by 17 senators ( out of 49 ) and by 40 deputies ( out of 101 ) , calling on the emperor to take full powers . " A delegation of eight , led by Antônio Carlos de Andrada carrying this declaration , proceeded to the Imperial Palace of São Cristóvão to ask if Pedro II would accept or reject the early declaration of his majority . Pedro II asked for the opinion of Itanhaém , Friar Pedro Mariana and Araújo Viana ( pawns of the " Courtier Faction " ) , who convinced him to accept and thus prevent new disorders in the country . The emperor would say years later that the Liberals had taken advantage of his immaturity and inexperience . He shyly answered " Yes " when asked if he desired the age of majority to be lowered , and " Now " when asked if he would prefer that it come into effect at that moment or if he would wait until his birthday in December . 

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 Acclaimed across Latin America , Castro traveled to Venezuela to attend the first @-@ anniversary celebrations of Marcos Pérez Jiménez 's overthrow . Meeting President @-@ elect Rómulo Betancourt , Castro proposed greater relations between the two nations , unsuccessfully requesting a loan of $ 300 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 and a new deal for Venezuelan oil . Returning home , an argument between Castro and senior government figures broke out ; the government had banned the National Lottery and closed down the casinos and brothels , leaving thousands of waiters , croupiers and prostitutes unemployed , infuriating Castro . As a result , Prime Minister José Miró Cardona resigned , going into exile in the U.S. and joining the anti @-@ Castro movement . 

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 President Fernando de la Rúa resigned in that year , amid the December 2001 riots , and the Congress appointed Rodríguez Saá as president of Argentina . In response to the 1998 – 2002 Argentine great depression , he declared the highest sovereign default in history and resigned days later amid civil unrest . The Congress appointed a new president , Eduardo Duhalde , who completed the term of office of De la Rúa . Rodríguez Saá ran for the 2003 and 2015 presidential elections but did not win . 
