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Ecuadors President Rafael Correa came up with scalding online remarks over criticism his country faced from the US press for potentially granting asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Theyve managed to focus attention on Snowden and on the wicked countries that support him, making us forget the terrible things against the US people and the whole world that he denounced, Correa said Wednesday in response to a Tuesday Washington Post editorial.
The world order isnt only unjust, its immoral, Correa added.
The US newspaper accused Correa of adhering to double standards in the NSA leaker case, as Ecuador is considering harboring Snowden from prosecution over US espionage charges. It descried the Ecuadoran president as the autocratic leader of a tiny, impoverished country with an ambition to replace the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez as the hemispheres preeminent anti-US demagogue.
The Washington Post lashed out at a legislation recently adopted by Ecuador, saying that it diminishes freedom of press. It also said Ecuador is profiting from duty-free trade with the US while criticizing Washingtons policies.
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http://rt.com/news/ecuador-correa-us-snowden-306/
flamingdem
(39,336 posts)that will benefit both, to the detriment of Snowden.
Let's hope so, the US and Ecuador should work things out and attempt to mitigate against Chinese ownership of Ecuadoran resources (rainforest, world survival, climate, indigenous destruction).
randome
(34,845 posts)The one where women are killed for the crime of being raped? The one where you aren't allowed to speak about homosexuality to your children? The one where drug cartels leave beheaded bodies lying about as warnings?
No, I think Correa is speaking only about 'his' world. I haven't heard much from Ecuador about trying to help the other parts.
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okaawhatever
(9,478 posts)his gov't didn't give the travel document and then having everyone realize someone wasn't being honest.
Correa may use Snowden as a pawn anyway. When the Belarus President wanted Correa to extradite someone, Correa made the guy come down to Ecuador and sign a few sweet trade deals in exchange. After that was done, the judiciary in Ecuador overturned the guys extradition and let him stay. I don't know if that would work twice.
Cha
(298,019 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023107941
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023114430
Wait.. What is going on!?
okaawhatever
(9,478 posts)leaked the documents?
Cha
(298,019 posts)flamingdem
(39,336 posts)Cha
(298,019 posts)leakered out! rofl
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)He's mad about the Washington Post's editorial?
It's an editorial in a newspaper, not an official US position.
Maybe he thinks the US government has the ability to shut down this editorial, similar to what his government does in his country.
Ecuador recently passed a law which shutdown broadcasters and regulates websites:
The Communications Law is the latest salvo in President Rafael Correas war on what he calls the corrupt press. But free speech advocates worry that the law will be used to cow the media and silence critical voices.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/14/3452126/ecuador-broadcasters-fear-being.html
randome
(34,845 posts)But then discovered that Snowden really is a loon with practically nothing of value on his laptops.
If even Wikileaks' attorneys don't want Snowden...there must be something (i.e. nothing) there.
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flamingdem
(39,336 posts)"que??" "no hablo ingles" "snowden quien"