Interviews from Quito: Ricardo Patiño

Ricardo Armando Patiño Aroca (born 1955 Guayaquil, Guayas) is an Ecuadorian politician. He was Minister of Finance, Minister of the Coast and currently Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Integration under the government of President Rafael Correa. He is one of the ideologists of the The Citizens Revolution that wants to gradually establish a state with more democracy in Ecuador.