My cousin & El Presidente

It took me a while to get my hands on this photo, which was taken on Dec. 31, 2006 at a New Year's party in Quito.


You see my cousin Jaap and his friend Ewoud embracing Rafael Correa, Ecuador's then president-elect. Since then, Correa has taken office and has the country by storm. He has made true on all of his promises to the public. (At least that's what my dad tells me, and he's a big fan.) Most recently the public overwhelmingly backed Correa in a referendum for a special assembly to rewrite the country's constitution.