Ecuador (2012)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 1H 12M

Director : Jacques Sarasin

Sinopse

This documentary profiles Rafael Correa, an established economist who was elected Ecuador's president in 2006 and quickly transformed a country with archaic structures into a participatory democracy.

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