Julian Assange is squabbling with Ecuador's new president. That could put his London refuge at risk.

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Julian Assange is squabbling with Ecuador’s new president. That could put his London refuge at risk.

By Simeon Tegel October 14 at 5:30 AM

You might think that the world’s best-known fugitive from U.S. law would want to stay on good terms with the government that is shielding him. But that's not the way Julian Assange operates.

The WikiLeaks founder, who has been holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy since 2012, is embroiled in a spat with the South American country's new president, Lenín Moreno, about Assange’s vocal support for Catalonian separatists.

Moreno, who assumed office in January, has asked Assange to stay out of the constitutional crisis in Spain, prompting this riposte from the self-styled freedom-of-information champion:

Link to tweet

But Assange, who is wanted in Sweden for alleged sex offenses and potentially in the United States for publishing state secrets, might want to think twice before antagonizing Moreno. The new president seems bent on charting a different course than his mentor and predecessor, Rafael Correa, the brash leftist who first gave refuge to the Australian activist.

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[Zorro]

1. Assange has lost his primary benefactor

and Correa seems determined to be a thorn in Moreno's side, perhaps posturing for his own presidential candidacy in the next election cycle after Moreno gets blamed for the reduction in government revenues due to the decline in oil prices.

So Assange antagonizing Moreno just might get Julian tossed out on the street. Moreno is not known to be a friend of his.

And I think that is going to be how this situation will ultimately end up going down.