Ecuador lashes out at US exceptionalism

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has lashed out at his US counterpart, Barack Obama, over his comment about American exceptionalism, stating that such a rhetoric poses a real risk and is similar to the Nazi ideals.

"Does not this remind you of the Nazis' rhetoric before and during the World War II? They considered themselves the chosen race, the superior race, etc. Such words and ideas pose extreme danger," Correa said in an exclusive interview with Entrevista program broadcast on Russia's Spanish-language RT Actualidad news channel.

Obama termed the United States exceptional last month in a speech made when Washington was mulling military strike on Syria for a chemical attack that Syrian foreign-sponsored militants blamed on President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Correa said the United States keeps violating other countries' sovereignty, but this will eventually change.

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