Ecuador Central bank governor resigns admitting he has no Economics degree
Ecuador's central bank president, Pedro Delgado, resigned on Wednesday after admitting that he did not hold a university degree in economics.
Delgado faced accusations in recent weeks in local media that he lied when he said that he had obtained a degree in economics.
“I submit my irrevocable resignation as head of the central bank ... and I do it because I made a grave mistake 22 years ago. I made the wrong choice and to achieve an academic objective I made a mistake that now is costing me dearly,” he told reporters.
”I presented a document with no value that certified that I had a degree that I did not hold” in order to enter a business school to study for an MBA, Delgado said.
Delgado, the cousin of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, was appointed head of the Andean country's monetary authority in November 2011.
Correa is up for re-election in February 2013. The populist leader wants four more years in office so he can continue to expand state control over the Andean nation's economy
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Pity all the other fraudulent ministers in SA don't do the same.
Mind you, AG would not have anybody left to pick from.
I remember Dilma, the Presidenta of Brasil, claiming she had a PhD in Economics. In fact she never completed her Masters.
But because she was Lulas 'plaything' designed to be the puppet-in-office until he could get back in, lies didn't matter a damn.
A monkey could have been voted in - as long as Lula said so.
(And the opposition campaign by Serra was so abysmal that it was 'no contest'.)
In spite of everything, Dilma turned out a good president .... so far.
Are they afraid of looking foolish if they haven't got a Degree or a Masters, never mind a Doctorate?
I have employed a number of people who, having the correct qualifications, showed a brilliant aptitude for another discipline and unless it was a legislative requirement that they hold professional qualifications, as it was in my case, I never hesitated to let them have a go. I was never disappointed.
I cannot imagine that Pepe has any form of advanced education and despite his obvious weaknesses which have more to do with character than ability, he is at least the equal of the present bunch in charge of SA.
These south american 'degree holders' are quite something else.
No doubt he said nothing.
www.buenosairesherald.com/article/119895/wikileaks-assange-says-door-open-to-end-london-standoff
Bloody hell what a bunch of Anoraks!!!!!!!!!
Would not suprise me if we saw some of them holding vigil outside the Embassy on Christmas morning.
Tossers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#4 Yes Dilma has been a good President, and your comment there is the first corruption allegation I've read about her...
this wasn't a corruption allegation, it was simply her failing to correct public statements that she came with a PhD attached.
But if you want to talk about international terrorism ....
No, it was another Dilma! Slim, attractive, and imprisoned by the Military.
LOLs
#18 A lot of women are slimmer and more attractive in their youth, and Dilma is not unnatractive even now; Cristina is an exception who just keeps getting more beautiful =)
No but she was wrong to standby a see an American Officer killed in front of his wife and children by the cell she commanded. Now she claims SHE never killed anyone: ‘controlling mind concept’ anyone?
You are just one sick idiot over TMBOA. Don’t you have at least ONE attractive woman you know in the real world who would talk to you, perhaps get you over it, maybe a bit of medical help?
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