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What’s up with Ecuador?
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 29, 2013 11:27am |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Robin Bravender |
| News Date | Saturday, June 29, 2013 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | QUITO, ECUADOR – President Rafael Correa is on a tear this week – thumbing his nose at the United States over Edward Snowden, suggesting he might harbor the international fugitive here in this tiny Latin American country even if it means abandoning trade agreements worth millions to the local economy.
But, why?
Correa’s agitating has catapulted him into the leading anti-U.S. voice in the region, making him heir to another populist Latin American leader famous for ticking off American presidents with leftist rhetoric for 14 years — Hugo Chavez.
But while Chavez had vast Venezuelan oil fields to force the First World to pay attention, Correa doesn’t. So he’s latched onto the cases of big-name leakers, like Snowden and Julian Assange – who’s holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London — to muscle his way into headlines around the globe in an effort to raise his international profile.
Plus, helping out Snowden — which Correa says reminds the world Ecuardor is a bastion of human rights — could even give his image at home a boost, since he recently signed a law cracking down on the country’s media.
The irony isn’t lost on the press here. |
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