UN General Assembly
1954

50. The assistance which my Government is receiving for the completion of this tremendous highway project designed to link all the regions of Ecuador, formerly divided by geographical difficulties which have hindered our progress, is very little, I might almost say derisory. While a disproportionate excessive and growing share of military aid is given to peoples which may jeopardize the integrity or security of others, no regard is given to those who are making gigantic efforts to develop their own resources and who are not asking for charity but for co-operation by means of credit under conditions compatible with the economic situation of the country. We already have huge files full of technical, reports and plans but we have not as yet received the capital or machinery to carry them out.