Chile's Pinera Backs Ecuador's Correa, Calls For Unasur Meeting

[Judi Lynn]

Oct 1, 2010 | 1:45PM
Chile's Pinera Backs Ecuador's Correa, Calls For Unasur Meeting

SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera fully backs the government of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa and called for a meeting of the Unasur regional economic and political bloc to discuss the recent events in the Andean nation.

Members of Ecuador's national police and air force on Thursday went on strike against the Correa administration over benefits reforms.

"We've contacted the presidents of the Unasur bloc...to call for a meeting so that the support of the democratic countries to the Ecuadorean democracy is strong and clear," Pinera said.

The Unasur bloc consists of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Brazil Government Contacted Ecuador Authorities To Express Support

Oct 1, 2010 | 1:48PM
Brazil Government Contacted Ecuador Authorities To Express Support

BRASILIA -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian Foreign Relations Minister Celso Amorim contacted Ecuador Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño Thursday to express Brazil's solidarity with the government of Ecuador President Rafael Correa during an insurrection by members of Ecuadorean security forces, the Brazilian foreign relations ministry said.

Amorim interrupted a diplomatic visit in Haiti to make a call to Patino and offer Brazil's "total support and solidarity."

The ministry said Amorim has maintained Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva informed of the situation in Ecuador and that a "firm response" would be coordinated by the Mercosur customs union, the Unasur South American security organization, and the Organization of American States.

The government of President Correa Thursday declared a state of emergency for five days, mobilizing the armed forces after members of the national police and some military officials walked off the job and closed down the airport in the capital, Quito, in protest against an overhaul of public-sector worker benefits.

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[Downwinder]

2. Makes everyone a little edgy.

Who's next?

[Judi Lynn]

3. We're all whistling past the graveyard on this subject, by now.

The fascists have a very high success record of getting rid of leftists in Latin America in inhuman, dishonest, bloody ways.

What a shame the left has never been small, dirty, vicious like the right. The world would be far better off without them.

Maybe someone could persuade the right to go after itself!