One would think that, now that the despised 14-year long United Nations Mission for the (de)Stabilization of Haiti (MINUSTAH) has been forced to shut down, Haiti would be on the road to some modest, sustained, recovery from the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake. It is not. The Republic of Haiti has never been in greater danger than it is now.
We need a political intervention to make this situation end. He (Assange) is the only political prisoner in Western Europe.
— Juan Branco
The persecution of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is now seven years old. Ecuador has protected Assange for the past half decade from being turned over to Washington by the corrupt Swedish and British for torture and prosecution as a spy by giving Assange political asylum inside the Ecuadoran Embassy in London.
By Craig Murray | January 12, 2018 It is for the government of Ecuador, not the UK, to determine who is an Ecuadorian citizen. It is for the government of Ecuador, not the UK, to determine who is an Ecuadorian diplomat. It is not in the least unusual for Julian Assange to become an Ecuadorian […]
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange may now have official documentation in the form of an ID from Ecuador, according to the country’s media reports, and as reported by RT:
Chicago ALBA Solidarity / November 30, 2017 As has become a standard operating procedure, an array of Western environmental NGOs, advocates of indigenous rights and liberal-left alternative media cover up the US role in attempts to overturn the anti-imperialist and anti-neoliberal governments of Rafael Correa in Ecuador[1] and Evo Morales in Bolivia. This NACLA article[2] […]
Donald Trump recently stated that he is considering a military option in Venezuela in respect of overthrowing the popularly elected socialist government of the oil rich state. Recent months have seen increasing hostile protests against the government by US backed right wing agitators.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has said of Trump’s remarks,
teleSUR | July 3, 2017 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 […]
With many people suspecting that Jeremy Corbyn could become Britain’s Prime Minister sooner rather than later, people ought to be considering how this might impact Julian Assange.
With Sweden dropping its investigation against the Wikileaks founder, Britain remains the last major hurdle in the path of Assange’s ability to travel to Ecuador whose government has granted him asylum.
The current British regime has threatened Assange with arrest if he leaves the embassy for the comparatively minor charge of skipping out on his old bail conditions.
Freedom in Latin America has been endlessly threatened throughout history. In many ways, people who have come to power, have felt the omnipotence above the individual to decide and govern on behalf of "the people": that intangible being but omnipresent in all the speeches of a populist. Here, FEE President Lawrence W. Reed discusses his take on the socialists that have taken over many parts of the continent.
