Assange, Correa, and Anti-Colonialism

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Assange, Correa, and Anti-Colonialism
By Roger Burbach and Marc Becker, via New America Media, August 20, 2012


Rafael Correa, the president of one of South America's smallest countries with almost 15 million inhabitants, is taking a dramatic stand against Great Britain, Sweden, and the United States by granting political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Last Wednesday, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, Ricardo Patino, told the press in the country's capital, Quito: "Today we have received from the United Kingdom an explicit threat in writing that they could assault our embassy in London if Ecuador does not hand over Julian Assange."

Correa, in an address to the Ecuadorian people on Saturday said, “I don't know who they think I am or what they think our government is. But how could they expect us to yield to their threats or cower before them? My friends, they don't know who they are dealing with.”

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On the international front, the 48-year-old Correa believes it is important to push for Latin American integration and fight for sovereignty in the face of attempts by the dominant powers and the international financial institutions to re-colonize Latin America. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.progressive.org/assange-correa-anti-colonialism