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7Apr

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Ecuador

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...

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 ...

6Jul

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South America

Ecuador’s Public Healthcare System Named Most Innovative by UN

NOVANEWS Public health care in Ecuador was internationally recognized as the most innovative and progressive in the world when they were awarded the United Nations Public Service Award. The prestigious award, presented on June 23, praised the South American country’s delivery of health services which Ecuadoreans have access to through the Public Health Network (RPIS), from which stem other branches of state medical aid such as the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), Ecuadorean Institute of Social Security (ISSFA), and the National Police Social Security Institute (ISSPOL). Ecuadoreans will receive medical attention from any one of these institutions at any location, irrespective of their member status or their economic situation per the country’s constitution which guarantees free health...

28Mar

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South America

Ecuador: From Marxist Guerrilla to State Lawmaker

NOVANEWS From Marxist Guerrilla to State Lawmaker: The Life and Times of Rosa Mireya Cardenas Former Alfaro Vive Carajo rebel Rosa Mireya Cardenas was recently elected to the Andean Parliament. | Photo: Andes Agency / Facebook Cardenas’ message now is for Ecuador never to return to its dark past when the state used violence as a tool of social control. The room was dark, cold and dirty. Rats scurried past her naked body, climbing over her legs, trying to reach the pieces of bread scattered around her. But she could not move or cry. Otherwise, she was told, the dogs would bite. RELATED: Ecuador: 22 Indigenous, Social Movement Groups Endorse Moreno They had placed cold water to drip on her head and had left a pack of dogs to attack her if she tried to get up. ...

2Mar

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South America

Foreign-Funded NGOs in Ecuador: Trojan Horse for Intervention?

NOVANEWS teleSUR Ecuador has come under fire for scrutinizing non-profits like Accion Ecologica, many of whom get millions from Europe and North America. Ecuador, the tiny South American nation sandwiched between Colombia and Peru, rarely makes waves in the English-speaking world’s corporate mediascape. Last year, news traveled far on at least two occasions. First, with an earthquake that killed at least 673 people. Second, when the government moved to investigate and potentially dissolve a nonprofit called Accion Ecologica in connection with deadly violence between members of an Amazonian tribe and police sent to protect a Chinese-operated mining project. Ecologists and prominent activists friendly to the group, including heavy-weights such as Naomi Klein, called out what they charact...

22Feb

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South America

Mujica and Correa Make Plans for the Bank of the South

NOVANEWS Former Uruguayan President Jose "Pepe" Mujica (L) meets with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (R) in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Jan. 18, 2017 | Photo: El Telegrafo The two met to map out the details of the bank which will offer an alternative to the neoliberalism of the World Bank and IMF. While many spent Saturday reflecting on the past 10 years of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s Citizens' Revolution in anticipation of Sunday's election, Correa himself met with former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica to plan the future of the Bank of the South, Latin America's alternative to the World Bank and the IMF. RELATED: Latin America's Left Funds 'Bank of the South' to Rival the IMF The two met in the coastal city of Guayaquil with Pedro Buonomo, the interim directo...

17Jan

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South America

Ecuador Assumes G77 Leadership, Vows to Fight Tax Havens

NOVANEWS Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa speaks at the U.N. April, 2016 | Photo: AFP Ecuador will use its chair at the head of the world’s largest organization of developing states to tackle tax havens and the corruption they breed. President of Ecuador Rafael Correa assume the chairmanship of the Group of 77 in New York on Friday, the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries at the U.N., for the first time in the Andean nation's history. RELATED: Ecuador to Propose Global End to Tax Havens Correa said that his country’s election to chair the group, whose mission is to promote South-South cooperation and enhance joint negotiating capacity within the U.N. system, is a “global recognition” that the development that has taken place under his gov...

7Jan

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South America

Sandra Naranjo Appointed Vice President of Ecuador

NOVANEWS Sandra Naranjo, a graduate in economics and finance with a specialization in mathematics, will still be in charge of the National Secretariat for Planning and Development | Photo: Andes. She is the second woman in the country's history to hold this position. National Secretary of Planning Sandra Naranjo, will be the vice president of the Republic of Ecuador until Feb. 19, replacing the incumbent, Jorge Glas, while he runs as the vice presidential candidate on the governing Alianza Pais ticket with Lenin Moreno as the presidential candidate. RELATED: Ecuador Starts Presidential Race, Correa's Former Vice President Leads Secretary of Communication Patricio Barriga confirmed Wednesday night the appointment of Naranjo. He wrote from his Twitter account: "@MashiR...