Assange told not to interfere in Catalonia: Ecuador president

[DonViejo]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE




17 DEC 2017

Ecuador has warned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to interfere in Catalonia's separatist crisis, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said in an interview published Sunday.

Assange, who has been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for the past five years, has angered Madrid by using Twitter to pump out messages of support for Catalonia's independence drive and accuse Spain's central government of "repression".

Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis has said there were signs that Assange was "trying to interfere and manipulate" amid the Catalan crisis after the outspoken Australian met last month with a prominent Catalan pro-independence figure.

"We do not want to intervene under any circumstances with respect to Catalonia. We hope the problem is resolved as soon as possible for the benefit of all Spaniards," Moreno told top-selling Spanish daily El Pais.

Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/721/assange-told-not-interfere-catalonia-ecuador-president-doc-v88471

[dawg day]

1. When is Ecuador going to get tired of him and throw him out?

[mitch96]

2. Right after Mr "A" messes with the election

Or someone plants some "alternative facts" that he did.. It would be poetic justice,eh?
m

[paleotn]

6. Soon I hope. He has a new home just ready and waiting for him!

...the Colorado federal supermax.

[TomCADem]

3. Nice that Ecuador Says Something About Spain...

...They were happy to let Assange work with Russia as dead drop of stolen data, but they have to draw the line with Spain.

[DonViejo]

4. Different President...

Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who is the President of Ecuador, in office since 2017. He was Vice President from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.

On 1 October 2016, he was nominated as the candidate for Correa's Alianza País in the 2017 presidential election. On 2 April 2017, on the second round of voting, he won a narrow victory on the elections.[1]

Moreno was shot in 1998 in a robbery attempt and thereafter confined to a wheelchair. For his advocacy for people with disabilities, he was nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.[2][3] On 24 May 2017, Moreno became the world’s only head of state in a wheelchair.[4][5][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len%C3%ADn_Moreno

[rpannier]

8. Thanks for the post

I did not know that he was president, much less his name is Lenin
I almost made a snarky post to someone who posted Lenin Moreno, thinking it was a slam against the Ecuadoran President

[Zorro]

5. I think Lenin Moreno is setting up Assange

He isn't going to tolerate a hostile presence in the Ecuadorean embassy.

[rpannier]

7. Assange falls down 8 flights of stairs

in the basement

"Tragic way to go. Slipped and fell down the stairs, tried climbing back up and fell down 7 times more. The last time landing on the blade side of an ax."