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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:33 PM Jun 2013

In Ecuador, fears of US retaliation over Snowden case

AFP - Ecuador's decision to study the asylum petition of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has angered the opposition and sparked fears that the United States could retaliate by hitting Ecuadoran exports.

The small South American nation has been at the center of the international drama involving the former National Security Agency contractor, whose global flight from American justice has shaken US ties with a clutch of nations including Russia and China.

Business leaders fear that giving Snowden asylum could prompt the United States to take retaliatory measures, with a preferential trade deal set to expire at the end of July unless Washington renews it.

"We don't have the luxury of taking the wrong steps," the head of the Ecuadoran Business Committee, Roberto Aspiazu, told AFP.

"What would we gain from giving political asylum to Snowden -- confirming Ecuador's international image as an anti-imperialist country? I don't think we need that."

http://www.france24.com/en/20130626-ecuador-fears-us-retaliation-over-snowden-case
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In Ecuador, fears of US retaliation over Snowden case (Original Post) FarCenter Jun 2013 OP
And just who is the 'bully' here? eom Purveyor Jun 2013 #1
They sound more cautious now flamingdem Jun 2013 #2
Iceland was the first choice FarCenter Jun 2013 #7
That headline is rather inaccurate. It's "the Ecuadoran Business Committee" that objects. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #3
I'm support a lot of what Correa has done in Ecuador flamingdem Jun 2013 #4
So, basically you're saying, "Lie back and take it." scarletwoman Jun 2013 #5
No you said that. Check out this thread on the topic flamingdem Jun 2013 #6
K & R, cut the money off. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #9
Interesting, the leaks come back to haunt the leakers, justice might prevail afterall. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #8
 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
7. Iceland was the first choice
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:52 PM
Jun 2013
Our Man In Iceland: ‘Snowden was bound for Reykjavik’

21st Century’s Wire’s man in Iceland has informed us that Hong Kong to Iceland via Moscow was Plan A for Snowden – and Reykjavik was being prepped politically – as Snowden’s final destination, but the whole plan ran into a snag when a Wikileaks founder and Representative, Olaf Sigurvinsson - apparently couldn’t hold his tongue and blabbed the plan to the Icelandic media on June 20th.

Did Wikileaks blow it, and intentionally at that? Either way, it looks like Wikileaks fumbled this one, and their involvement in this whole affair is looking more and more suspect. Hmm, and we hear talk of a limited hangout surrounding Snowden too…

It seems Wikileaks couldn’t help but leak this important operations to smuggle the whistleblower into scenic Nordic isle via a series of chartered private jets, and operation which would cost up to $1 million and change. The operation was to be funded, we are told, through an initiative funded through contributions by individuals using Wikileaks as a sort of intermediary.

We’ll cut Wikileaks some slack if this turns out to be a clever false start that eventually leads to Reykjavik.


http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/06/25/our-man-in-iceland-snowden-is-bound-for-reykjavik/

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)
3. That headline is rather inaccurate. It's "the Ecuadoran Business Committee" that objects.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:39 PM
Jun 2013
confirming Ecuador's international image as an anti-imperialist country

Anti-imperialist! The horror!

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
4. I'm support a lot of what Correa has done in Ecuador
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:43 PM
Jun 2013

but it wouldn't be right for them to accept Snowden and hurt so many who rely on trade with the USA.

I would respect Correa for saying no on this one. Assange is not the same can of worms.

In the end realpolitik dominates, like it or not.

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
6. No you said that. Check out this thread on the topic
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:47 PM
Jun 2013

As one person on that thread says:

Ecuador has been begging the U.S. to renew the ATPDEA, due to expire July 31. They've also been trying to negotiate a free trade agreement with the U.S., knowing full well Columbia's free trade pact is sucking revenue away from them. Correa knows Ecuador can't survive on oil revenues alone (see: Venezuela), and is bucking a decades old trend of not signing any trade pacts with foreign nations. I mean, do we really give a shit about some ex-patriots hanging out in Ecuador? Pftt. The U.S. doesn't need Ecuador. Ecuador NEEDS the U.S.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110819629

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
8. Interesting, the leaks come back to haunt the leakers, justice might prevail afterall.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:30 PM
Jun 2013

There is more than leaks here, actually a gusher, and if any planning the leaks thinks this will bring down the world then they have played their trump card too early. When you dine with buzzards you can't soar with the eagles, enjoy your road kill.

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