September 26, 2007 (LPAC)--Former Ecuadorian President Abdala Bucaram told Ecuador's Channel 1 TV that he had been offered $10 million last March to help overthrow current President Rafael Correa.

Speaking Sept. 25 from Panama, where he is in exile, Bucaram named no names, but described the offer as coming from a millionaire businessman, adding that other political figures, who consider Correa a traitor, "have made very generous offers to me." A plan to overthrow Correa was brewing last March, he said, related to a dispute in Congress over the firing of 57 Congressmen.

Since he took power Jan. 15, President Correa has received numerous death threats, as he has personally reported. Former "economic hit man" John Perkins has stated that he considers the Ecuadorian leader to be "the most important target" of oligarchical financial interests who once employed him. Bucaram told his interviewers that he fears for Correa's life.