Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Statement on Police Capture of President Rafael Correa

(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, issued the following statement in regards to the police capture of President Rafael Correa in Ecuador yesterday:

“Yesterday’s capture of President Rafael Correa by Ecuadorian police is extremely unfortunate. When any democratic nation is subjected to the use of force as a means of resolving policy disputes rather than peaceful channels established for resolution it challenges the progress of that nation. Ultimately, all democracies must support each other’s democratic principles or risk erosion of these principles. I join the chorus of swift support of Ecuador’s duly elected President Correa that has come from the Obama administration and other leaders in the hemispheric region. ”