Ecuadorian president warns of possible 'CIA attack' before elections

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has said the CIA may try to kill him prior to upcoming elections. Citing reports of a plot to “destabilize the region,” Correa said the threats were “credible,” given the history of US involvement in Latin America.

Ecuador criticized for freedom of expression at the UN

The Ecuadorian delegation left satisfied their presentation and the recommendations given by 75 countries evaluated the fulfillment of human rights in the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was applied to the country in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Organization (UN).

Ecuador is a climate of polarization evident between the media and the power that has been the President

It is not difficult, then, to confuse freedom of expression
with freedom of enterprise"

The tension between the media and the Ecuadorian government fell after the elections of 30 September, where President Correa was widely supported to amend the constitution. However, Ecuador is a climate of polarization evident between the media and the power that has been the president will announce that no more press conferences while maintaining the open confrontation. The position of the country to Reporters Without Borders continues improvement process begun a year earlier, although it is far from his best records. This makes the development of journalism is partly free.

Blog denounces campaign against Ecuador's Rafael Correa

It seems to be we have to be aware of US' next steps in South America.

Assange speaks out about living at the Ecuador Embassy

Assange speaks out about living in a one-room embassy refuge with a mattress on the floor and a blue lamp to mimic daylight 

By: Sarah Oliver
29 September 2012

The court in exile of Julian Assange – cyber terrorist, or the world’s greatest freedom fighter, depending on your world view – is a curiously muted place. The acolytes who pledged to maintain a protective vigil outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, where he has been encamped since June, are long gone. So, too, is the 50-strong squad of officers who policed his first few hours within the red-brick mansion block where the embassy is housed.

UK seeking loophole in extradition agreement with Ecuador

Published: 28 September, 2012, 03:54

Ecuador Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino talks to press
after a meeting with British Foreign Minister William Hague
in New York.(AFP Photo / Timothy A. Clary)

Ecuador asked UK to grant safe conduct to Julian Assange

Ecuador reiterates UK asked to grant safe conduct to Julian Assange: Chancellor Patiño 

How long it will take for the "New Pinochet" to collect Assange from the embassy?

Flashback by: Fernet 

Now he officially is enemy of the state

"THE US military has designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as enemies of the United States - the same legal category as the al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban insurgency."

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...927-26m7s.html

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From being my idol, he is now my SUPER IDOL

How long does it take now before they bomb the embassy, ​​it takes him a little more discreet ala BinLaden or simply invade Ecuador. Maybe inserting a "new Pinochet", so it learns who the only one who decides is.

United States, where the hell is: zig-smile ice?

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FM Ricardo Patiño speech at the UN assembly

SIDE EVENT 67 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS September 26, 2012

Dear friends, dear representatives and delegates to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Since we started the Government of the Citizen Revolution, many things have changed for the country half the world, our Ecuador.

Ecuador asks UK if Julian Assange would be allowed to seek medical treatment

ECUADOR has asked Britain whether fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be permitted to leave his London hideout for medical treatment.

The query comes as the two countries met to seek to end a deadlock over the activist's fate.

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Quote From Espressino:  

On Monday, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino renewed his call for talks between London and Quito to resolve the standoff. But British Foreign Secretary William Hague says those talks remain deadlocked but that they were continuing.

.. The talks between Ecuador and England is not so good. Locked mode, but talks continue. Time for Sweden to unlock, go over and interrogate and arrest rescind the crime has not been committed!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/julian-assange-talks-at-an-impasse-says-british-foreign-secretary-william-hague/story-fnd134gw-1226476901492

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more to come today...

Misconstrued Legal Arguments & Omitted Truths in the Media’s Coverage of Julian Assange

By: Kevin Gosztola 
Monday September 3, 2012 1:21 am

For over two months now, commentators or pundits in the United Kingdom (and the US) have been virulently denouncing Assange’s decision to seek asylum, something legally available to any individual who thinks they are being persecuted.

Ecuador's President demands Sweden and Britain guarantee not to extradite Julian Assange

Charles Miranda in London
AFP, News Limited Network
August 30, 2012 5:34PM

ECUADOR'S President Rafael Correa fears Julian Assange would not get a fair trial in the US and has insisted that Britain and Sweden guarantee they will not extradite the WikiLeaks founder.

Protesters removed from front of Ecuadorian Embassy in London

By Anne Sewell

Aug 29, 2012 - 24 mins ago in World

London - Protesters and supporters of Julian Assange are being removed, or told to leave, from the street in front of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Concern is that the police may be planning to raid the embassy.

There are wiser ways than just the language of force

August 24, 2012 at 21:32, Updated: August 25, 2012 at 06:48

To interrogate Assange in England is still quite possible - and need not be in conflict with the process has already begun. It writes lawyer Hans Strandberg, who has experience in interrogations abroad in terms of economic crime.

US facing embarrassment in the OAS over Assange

Narayan Lakshman - Washington, August 18, 2012

The Organisation of American States, an apex hemispherical body for the Americas, said a meeting of its Foreign Ministers next Friday would focus on the diplomatic row between Ecuador and the U.K. over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (41), who was granted political asylum by Quito while holed up in the country’s London embassy. 

US Congresswoman wants to cut Ecuador's trade preferences

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - US Congresswoman

Censoring Ecuador about not following international agreements and norms and that US "needs" to reexamine their relationship with Ecuador,

Ecuador Coup Attempt Engineered by the CIA

Ecuador’s police forces played the key role in the coup attempt which shattered the country on September 30. The passing of a law affecting the police officers’ bonuses and job benefits became a pretext for the rebellion which erupted in the capital city of Quito and the Guayaquil seaport town. Actually, the law was not supposed to entail pay reductions, but those who masterminded the coup managed to convince the police that it would and thus provoked the uprising.