 During Rafael Correa's tenure as president he took some radical alternative steps to change the course of Ecuador's relations with the rest of the world.Amongst these were economic moves to correct Ecuador's debt imbalance, distancing from the United States, a rift with its northern neighbor Colombia, and a strengthening of ties with ALBA (including Venezuela and Bolivia), as well as Iran.Correa adopted a confrontational approach to the governments of both the United States and neighboring Colombia.