I’ve never understood why the Ecuadorian embassy gives him this long term hideout.
What does allowing him to avoid justice and do damage to his chosen enemies in the meantime have to do with anything?
And once he manages, if he does, to run out the clock on the rape charges, he still has to face the US or he’ll be in hiding for eternity.
He’d best leak hard and fast while he can and get his jollies while the gettin’ is good, that’s all I can say.
Well maybe you could start with Human Rights Watch (https://www.hrw.org/americas/ecuador)
“The administration of President Rafael Correa has expanded state control
over media and civil society and abused its power to harass,
intimidate, and punish critics. In 2015, thousands of people
participated in public demonstrations against government policies, and
security forces on multiple occasions responded with excessive force.
Abuses against protesters, including arbitrary arrests, have not been
adequately investigated. Other continuing concerns include limited
judicial independence, poor prison conditions, and the limited access
women and girls enjoy to reproductive health care because of Ecuador’s
harsh laws against abortion.”
And continue here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador–United_States_relations)
[excerpt]:
“In April 2011, relations between Ecuador and the United States soured
particularly after Ecuador expelled the U.S. ambassador after a leaked
diplomatic cable was shown accusing president Correa of knowingly
ignoring police corruption. In reciprocation, the Ecuadorian ambassador
Luis Gallegos was expelled from the United States.[7]”
Who do you believe, repressive regimes with grudges against the U.S. and non-state actors who take the law into their own hands or the legal representatives of authentic, advanced democracies like Sweden and the U.K.?
Come on, it’s not difficult.
Thanks for the response but I’m not really getting the question at the end.
I didn’t ask who was more believable, I asked why and you helped me to know why.
I naturally assumed it must be something like this but what I wasn’t sure, hence,
“I’ve never understood why the Ecuadorian embassy gives him this long term hideout.”
I can search as easily as anyone but it’s nice to get perspective from a group that I generally agree with and isn’t just cold data, if you know what I’m saying.