Ecuador says new Defense Minister to be a woman
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said on Saturday that he will name a woman to the top security job after the country’s first female Defense Minister Guadalupe Larriva was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. “It’s important for the ministry to be headed by a woman. Guadalupe’s maternal heart was able to do more than the strong hand of the generals,” Correa said in his weekly radio interview show. Full Story