Ecuador tells the Obama to Piss Off

[hjmick]

They didn't use those exact words, but they essentially sent the Obama administration a big "Fuck you."

We have all heard the rumors about Snowden possibly seeking asylum in Ecuador, and I imagine many of us have read or heard what State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said. If not here it is:

What would not be a good thing is them granting Mr. Snowden asylum. That would cause there to be great difficulties in our bilateral relationship. If they take that step, that would have very negative repercussions.

Of course, by this one could come to the conclusion that to grant Snowden asylum would result in the loss of $30 million a year in drug interdiction assistance as well as tariff benefits the U.S. grants Ecuador every year.

Well, not interested in being blackmailed, Ecuador announced today that they "unilaterally and irrevocably renounce" $23 million a year in lowered tariffs" they get from the U.S.

Ecuador heats rhetoric as Obama downplays Snowden


Well played Ecuador, well played...

 

[Katzndogz]

Ecuador will get a better agreement from China. I read an article not long ago about China's alliances in latin America slowly surrounding us.

 

[g5000]

Since he was first elected in 2006, Correa has hurled insults and filed lawsuits against reporters and news outlets and promoted a series of legal measures to roll back press freedoms, moves that landed Ecuador on CPJ's Risk List, which identifies the 10 countries worldwide where press freedom suffered the most in 2012. All of this has turned Ecuador into one of the hemisphere's most restrictive nations for the press, according to CPJ research--and there may be more to come.

Battle between Correa, Ecuadoran press to wage on - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists

Reporters Without Borders hopes for quick results from the investigation into journalist Fausto Valdivieso’s murder yesterday in Guayaquil. The motive is not yet known but press reports quoted local sources as saying he had been the target of a murder attempt 24 hours earlier and had received threats.

A former employee of privately-owned TV stations Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas and TC Televisión, Valdivieso still worked intermittently as an independent journalist while pursuing business activities and acting as a PR consultant. Aged 52, he was the father of three children.

“Valdivieso continued to report news developments on social networks and a small online TV station so his murder may have been linked to journalistic activities,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We ask the investigators to take this possibility into account.”

He was the second journalist to be murdered in Ecuador in the past 10 months, following the photographer Byron Baldeón, who was killed near Guayaquil on 1 July 2012.

Journalist slain in Guayaquil, a day after escaping earlier murder attempt - Reporters Without Borders

 

[Avatar4321]

Why shouldn't they? Our current President's hubris is destroying our reputation worldwide. Which is pretty remarkable since our reputation wasnt that great before he got into office.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The hubris is buried deep in the far right reactionaries who think their 8% of the population can tell the rest of us conservatives to liberals what to do.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Excellent news.

 

[TheOldSchool]

They're just mad b/c they have to live in Ecuador

 

[TemplarKormac]

They're just mad b/c they have to live in Ecuador

You're just mad because they're standing up to a corrupt government.

 

[National Socialist]

Since he was first elected in 2006, Correa has hurled insults and filed lawsuits against reporters and news outlets and promoted a series of legal measures to roll back press freedoms, moves that landed Ecuador on CPJ's Risk List, which identifies the 10 countries worldwide where press freedom suffered the most in 2012. All of this has turned Ecuador into one of the hemisphere's most restrictive nations for the press, according to CPJ research--and there may be more to come.

Battle between Correa, Ecuadoran press to wage on - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists

Reporters Without Borders hopes for quick results from the investigation into journalist Fausto Valdivieso’s murder yesterday in Guayaquil. The motive is not yet known but press reports quoted local sources as saying he had been the target of a murder attempt 24 hours earlier and had received threats.

A former employee of privately-owned TV stations Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas and TC Televisión, Valdivieso still worked intermittently as an independent journalist while pursuing business activities and acting as a PR consultant. Aged 52, he was the father of three children.

“Valdivieso continued to report news developments on social networks and a small online TV station so his murder may have been linked to journalistic activities,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We ask the investigators to take this possibility into account.”

He was the second journalist to be murdered in Ecuador in the past 10 months, following the photographer Byron Baldeón, who was killed near Guayaquil on 1 July 2012.

Journalist slain in Guayaquil, a day after escaping earlier murder attempt - Reporters Without Borders

There they restrict the press here they are paid off or killed when they won't take the bribe....damn hard to choose!

 

[R.C. Christian]

I don't have any use for Ecuador, but I have less use for this corrupt country.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

They're just mad b/c they have to live in Ecuador

I've been to Ecuador. It's not so bad.

 

[g5000]

They're just mad b/c they have to live in Ecuador

I've been to Ecuador. It's not so bad.

Unless you are a reporter or a government whistleblower. Then you are murdered in your driveway.

 

[g5000]

I don't have any use for Ecuador, but I have less use for this corrupt country.

If you rank Ecuador above the United States on the corruption scale, you are one big ignorant idiot.

 

[Ernie S.]

The hubris is buried deep in the far right reactionaries who think their 8% of the population can tell the rest of us conservatives to liberals what to do.

Shut up Jake. You're not up until 10:22.

 

[TheOldSchool]

They're just mad b/c they have to live in Ecuador

You're just mad because they're standing up to a corrupt government.

Standing up to a corrupt government? I wonder how many points Ecuador's sparkly clean government will get for sticking it in the eye of big bad America.

And Snowden's no hero.

 

[R.C. Christian]

They're just mad b/c they have to live in Ecuador

I've been to Ecuador. It's not so bad.

Unless you are a reporter. Or a government whistleblower. Then you are murdered in your driveway.

That is extraordinarily bad syntax. Comma's are your friend. It is rather difficult for educated persons to read your posts, regardless of the fact that your supposition is completely correct.

 

[Avatar4321]

I don't have any use for Ecuador, but I have less use for this corrupt country.

If you rank Ecuador above the United States on the corruption scale, you are one big ignorant idiot.

How do you figure that? Im serious. This nation is seriously corrupt. Im sur Ecuador is as well. How do you compare the two?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

 

[National Socialist]

Journalist killed after investigating US-backed death squads in Iraq - World Socialist Web Site
Journalist Michael Hastings documents pursuit by feds, dies untimely death - National Alex Jones | Examiner.com
The Mysterious Death of Danny Casolaro, by David MacMichael, Re Inslaw Case at American Buddha Online Library
I can dig deeper and find more...amazingly seal team 6 ya know the ones that supposedly took out Bin Laden all are dead now...most in a helicopter crash....amazing stuff...must just be coincidence.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I don't have any use for Ecuador, but I have less use for this corrupt country.

If you rank Ecuador above the United States on the corruption scale, you are one big ignorant idiot.

How do you figure that? Im serious. This nation is seriously corrupt. Im sur Ecuador is as well. How do you compare the two?

As a lowley peasant you are not allowed to question king dipshit