Washington Moves Against Rafael Correa
Paul Craig Roberts
As President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa was a Godsend for the
Ecuadorian people, for Latin American independence and for WikiLeaks’
Julian Assange. By serving justice and truth instead of Washington,
Correa earned Washington’s hatred and determination to destroy him.
Correa was succeeded as president by Lenin Moreno, who Correa
mistakenly believed to be an ally, but who has every appearance of being
a Washington asset. The first thing that Moreno did was to make a deal
with Washington, block Correa from being able to again stand for the
presidency and turn on Julian Assange. Moreno wants to revoke the
asylum granted to Assange and has prevented Assange from continuing his
journalistic activity from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. In other
words, Moreno has conspired with Washington and the UK to effectively
imprison Assange in the embassy.
Now Moreno has taken another step that highlights his character as a
blackguard. Correa, realizing that he and his family were in danger,
moved to Belgium. An Ecuadorian court has now ordered the Belgians to
detain Correa and extradite him to Ecuador on a fabricated kidnapping
charge.
Correa thinks that Belgium will not comply with an absurd charge for
which no evidence is presented and that the charge is intended to smear
his name. If I were Correa, I would not be so sure. Look at the ease
with which Washington was able to use its vassals—Sweden and the UK—to
effectively nullify the political asylum that Ecuador gave Assange.
Belgium is also Washington’s vassal and will experience threats and
bribes—whatever it takes—to deliver Correa into Moreno’s hands, which is
to say into Washington’s hands. If I were Correa, I would get myself
over to the Russian embassy and request asylum from Putin.
Here is a news report from RT: https://www.rt.com/news/431653-correa-ecuador-arrest-order/
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/07/04/washington-moves-against-rafael-correa/
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