Ecuador’s Ambassador to the United States Nathalie Cely is warning today that even considering granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could do serious harm to Ecuador’s relationship with the US.
Assange has been sequestered inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London since mid-June awaiting an asylum decision from its government. Cely reported that “pressure groups” are already trying to discredit Ecuador and harm its ties to US businesses over the bid.
Cely gave no indication she had any insight on whether a decision was imminent on Assange, but did say she would continue to “defend our position and our decisions” whatever they would be.
The US and Ecuador have had a shaky relationship in recent years, since the government formally ousted the US from the Manta Air Base in 2009. Assange’s asylum bid is aimed at preventing his extradition to Sweden, which he says could lead to his eventual transfer to US custody.
I wish she could have named the pressure groups -must-know stuff. This should not be comfortable for them.
"Do what we say and no one gets hurt."
…said by a monocled guy driving off in a black, gleaming, chauffeured limousine with black leather upholstery and gleaming imperial eagles plastered everywhere.
This is the motto of the mafia.
“Ambassador: Assange’s Asylum Bid Could Harm Ecuador”
Is that an explicit or implicit threat? He should have sought asylum in an Iranian embassy where threats don’t mean a thing.
This is an excerpt from PressTV.com on July 7:
“The big development today According to Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, author & historian is that Wikileaks is a NATO/CIA conduit for various kinds of fake or real documents that are released with political aims in mind, and Assange in that sense is a tool of NATO”.
WGT has been saying that for some time; Zbigniew Brzinsky affirmed that some of the material seems 'pointed' to him… Nifty thought experiment you give us; for one, if he had appealed to Iran, what would the PR impact have been in the US? Security suckers might have their bias about him confirmed, and maybe lose interest in the indoctrination Wikileaks offers…kinda like 'traitor cooties.' Bad promo for WL and/or whoever might be handling them.
Great photo of Assange. Wish I owned the motorcycle in the background!
Of course it will.
Assange is needed to convict Manning.
And not being a citizen, or testifying in a normal court, what he says can, and will be used against him.
Julian's still very much 'wanted in Washington'.
I'm not sure if Assange is what his supporters believe he is, but that's irrelevant to this situation.
It sounds more like laying some defences before making the move. Ecuador is already targeted by the Empire. That is not going to change if Ecuador cuts Assange adrift. Correa is no fool. His situation is, that if he takes Assange in, the US will continue to do what it's already been doing, which is trying to overthrow his government and recolonize his country like they did to Honduras. But, it will also strengthen his alliances with other anti-Imperialist nations and the uproar will gain him some new ones of the same sort. Unity of resolve is what's needed most amongst the smaller targeted nations.
Chavez has carried the anti-Imperialist ball as far as one man can and created the opportunity for Correa and others to step up. If Correa maintains the courage, strength and strategic wisdom he has shone so far, he will dismiss the pressure from the Empire. If he caves, it will be a disaster for Ecuador, South America and us all.
Excellent, excellent post Lawrence Cutter.
What happende to that inquire about Tony Blair and his gang of war criminals, if UK government is, as its claims to be, a democratic government then they should look at the facts and release this man to his freedom, start for real prosecuting Tony Blair and his Labor gang of criminals, that goes for the Swedish government and those party political motivated ladies who trapped Mr. Julian Assange into this mess.
Look, this man haven't done anything wrong, these Swedish girl claim to be raped, there is no evidence nor there is any prosecution, yet the Swedish police will arrest him if he ever put his foot in Sweden, there is even a cell under his name…, but the truth has been told, which that is enough reason for a non democratic system wanting to prosecute the messenger.., and thats where democracy vanishes from the face of the earth protecting the undemocratic systems both in Europe and US. Anyone can claim to be a democratic, even the Swedish neo fascism or for that matter Cameron of England.
Is there no limit to the USA's arrogance and evil?
No matter how much Ecuador wants to make Assange's legal problems in Sweden about America, it will never be the fact. The only pretense is the believe that Assange can't have multiple legal problems