Ecuador: Rainforest vs. Globalization
A film by Jacques Sarasin

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Jacques Sarasin began his career as a yachtsman from 1976-1982 and was a world champion. In 1983, he founded the Yacht Broker Company and served as its Director until 1988. In 1989, he switched gears and founded the International Foundation of Architectural Synthesis (FISA), which developed social housing in Africa and South America.

It was in 1996 when he made another career move and became a producer for Les Productions Faire Bleu and produced four films through 1999. Then he moved into directing, starting with two documentary shorts, "European DN" and "Seul Autour du Monde." His love for documentaries and current political themes have been his passion ever since.

Some of his other films include: "Je Chanterai Pour Toi" ("I'll Sing For You"), the story of Boubacar "KarKar" Traoré, a Malian singer who sang of independence; "On the Rumba River," shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is a musical tribute to the Congolese people through the music of Antoine Kolosoy known as "Wendo."

In 2006-2009, Sarasin made two films about Nobel Prize Winner and former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz. The first one, "Where is the World Going Mr. Stiglitz?" and "Around the World with Joseph Stiglitz."

His latest film, "Ecuador: Rainforest vs. Globalization" takes a look at Ecuador and the ecological, economical, political and social mission of the country's president, Rafael Correa.

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Alberto Acosta is a political economist and the former Minister of Energy and Mines in Ecuador. Throughout his career, Acosta has maintained a leftist ideology and was a key leader in the movement towards anti-globalization. He is currently teaching Economics at a private university in Quito. He is no longer in the government but is looking to starting his own political party in order to run in the next Presidential election.

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Cesar Robalino Gonzaga is currently serving as the President of the Association of Private Bankers in Ecuador.

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Fernando Vega formerly a priest but in 2007 was suspended when he chose to run for political office by seeking one of the 130 seats on the Constitutional Assembly. He has since left politics and is a priest again in Cuenca focusing on the country's emigration problems.

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Rafael Correa was elected President of Ecuador in 2006. Upon taking office in 2007, he immediately declared Ecuador's national debt illegitimate and pledged to fight creditors in international courts and succeeded

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Ricardo Patino is currently the Minister for Policy Coordination in Ecuador and was formerly the Minister of Finance and Minister of the Coast under Correa's administration.

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