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9Oct

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Ecuador

Ecuador’s masses rise up against neoliberal policies

By Kim Barzola Photo: Telesur On October 2, Lenín Moreno, President of Ecuador, signed a series of economic austerity measures to drastically cut back on social spending in order to access a 4.2 billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund. The Decree 883 eliminates state funded fuel subsidies, a staple program for the past 45 years, as well as major cuts to public sector salaries, benefits and pensions. The prices of gas, the major fuel source across the country, immediately spiked up over 123 percent unleashing a wave of protests in response to calls from major trade unions and transport workers to strike just one day after the measures were announced. With high fuel prices affecting Ecuador’s most poor and working class most sharply, thousands of working peop...

17Apr

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Ecuador, United Kingdom, USA

After seven years of deceptions about Assange, the US readies for its first media rendition

NOVANEWS By Jonathan Cook For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange first sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, they have been telling us we were wrong, that we were paranoid conspiracy theorists. We were told there was no real threat of Assange’s extradition to the United States, that it was all in our fevered imaginations. For seven years, we have had to listen to a chorus of journalists, politicians and “experts” telling us that Assange was nothing more than a fugitive from justice, and that the British and Swedish legal systems could be relied on to handle his case in full accordance with the law. Barely a “mainstream” voice was raised in his defence in all that time. Disinformation From the moment he sought asylum, Assange was cast as an outlaw. His work as the fo...

7Apr

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Ecuador Twists Embarrassing INA Papers into Pretext to Oust Assange

NOVANEWS By: Defend Wikileaks On 26 March, WikiLeaks’ Twitter account announced that President Moreno is being investigated by Ecuador’s Congress for corruption, sparked by the INA Papers leak. The same tweet referenced President Moreno’s attempt to surrender Assange in exchange for US debt relief, a fact that had been reported by The New York Times. . WikiLeaks ✔@wikileaks Corruption investigation opened against Ecuador's president Moreno, after purported leaked contents of his iPhone (Whatsapp, Telegram) & Gmail were published. New York Times reported that Moreno tried to sell Assange to US for debt relief. http://inapapers.org/ 9:53 PM - Mar 25, 2019 The following day, Foreign Minister Jose Valencia said that the WikiLeaks tweet was “an absurd lie to h...

29Jul

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Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Palestine Affairs, Venezuela

Why Did Latin America Stop Standing up for Palestine?

NOVANEWS CECILIA BAEZA (L-r) Sara Netanyahu and her husband, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, applaud as Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and his wife, Hilda Patricia Marroquin, open the Guatemalan Embassy in Jerusalem, May 16, 2018. Guatemala became the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States’ deeply controversial move, breaking with decades of international consensus. (RONEN ZVULUN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August/September 2018, pp. 44-45 Special Report By Cecilia Baeza WHILE MOST OF THE WORLD rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to move the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, some Latin American leaders have supported it enthusiastically. This may come as a surprise to many;...

20Jul

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Ecuador Rumored to Hand Julian Assange to UK Authorities in “Days” or “Weeks”

NOVANEWS Though Ecuador’s President Moreno campaigned as a progressive leftist in the style of Rafael Correa, his predecessor who had granted Assange asylum, he has shown himself to be eager to return Ecuador to the fold of U.S. and U.K. influence and neoliberal economic policies. Top photo | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves after greeting supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017 Frank Augstein | AP By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb Julian Assange, London’s – and perhaps the world’s – most famous political prisoner and refugee, is in grave danger as the threat of his arrest and subsequent extradition to the United States appears imminent. The U.S. has been preparing espionage and treason charges against Assange, the editor-in-chief of transparency...

3Jul

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Ecuador judge orders arrest of ex-president Rafael Correa

NOVANEWS Pro-Rafael Correa rally in Quito, Ecuador April 10, 2018 © Daniel Tapia / Reuters The National Court of Justice of Ecuador has ordered the preventive detention of the country's former president Rafael Correa and requested that Interpol apprehend him for extradition. The request for Correa’s detention was filed by the country’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday. The prosecution is accusing Correa, who served as the president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017, of being involved in the kidnapping of Fernando Balda, a former opposition lawmaker, in 2012 in Colombia - charges that Correa vehemently denies. Fiscalía Ecuador ✔@FiscaliaEcuador ATENCIÓN | Jueza Daniella Camacho acoge el pedido de Fiscalía, ordena la prisión preventiva en contra del expresidente Rafael C. por s...

12May

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Ecuador, United Kingdom

Ecuador Hints It May Hand Over Julian Assange to Britain and the US

NOVANEWS By James Cogan World Socialist Web Site Julian Assange is in immense danger. Remarks made this week by Ecuador’s foreign minister suggest that her government may be preparing to renege on the political asylum it granted to the WikiLeaks editor in 2012 and hand him over to British and then American authorities. On March 28, under immense pressure from the governments in the US, Britain and other powers, Ecuador imposed a complete ban on Assange having any Internet or phone contact with the outside world, and blocked his friends and supporters from physically visiting him. For 45 days, he has not been heard from. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa stated in a Spanish-language interview on Wednesday that her government and Britain “have the intention and ...

7Oct

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Correa: Lenin Moreno is a ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ who was ‘With the Opposition

NOVANEWS Former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. | Photo: EFE Ecuador's former president defended Vice President Jorge Glas, who faces corruption accusations, and blasted President Moreno as a "traitor." Former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, denounced his Alianza Pais successor Lenin Moreno as a “wolf in sheep's clothing,” and expressed support for the current Vice President who is accused of alleged corruption. RELATED: Ecuador VP Jorge Glas Sentenced to Pretrial Detention In an interview with CNN Español following President Moreno's decision to place Vice President Jorge Glas in pre-trial detention to face corruption accusations, Correa called the charges against Glas “a vulgar political persecution” that is the same thing “they used in Brazil ...

30Jun

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Ecuador, USA

Ecuador Lawmakers Reject Trump Immigration Policy, Express Solidarity with Migrants

NOVANEWS “We express our solidarity with the Ecuadorean community; we reject practices that go against our compatriots’ rights and human dignity," said assembly member Marcela Holguin. | Photo: AFP-Presidencia de la Republica del Ecuador The new resolution aims to protect migrants from human rights abuses by ICE while assisting Ecuadoreans seeking legalization in the U.S. Rejecting the anti-immigrant policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, Ecuador's National Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Tuesday in support of deported Ecuadoreans and their families, reiterating the Andean nation's duty to stand up for the rights of undocumented migrants in the United States. RELATED: Central American Trauma Ignored as 9 in 10 Refugees Report Kidnapping, Murder, R...