All posts tagged Wikileaks
Paraguay: peasant leader’s death met with controversy
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights urges for investigation into death of Vidal Vega; internal elections for the Colorado party fail to attract voters; national footballer’s death sparks controversy
Ecuador: Correa pushes tax reform amid re-election
President Rafael Correa pushes tax reform amid re-election bid; Ecuadorian diplomats worry over Julian Assange’s health. Correa pushes tax reform amid re-election bid President Rafael Correa has unveiled a bill that would increase bank taxes to finance welfare programme that will [...]
Ecuador: Assange’s asylum decision awaits end of Olympics
Decision on Assange’s asylum to be announced after Olympics while his mother Christine Assange visits Ecuador; Ecuador makes its mark in the London Olympics in the weightlifting category.
Ecuador: Lonesome George declared cultural heritage
Lonesome George is declared Ecuadorian cultural heritage and Julian Assange’s deadline for extradition expires without asylum decision from President Correa. Lonesome George part of Ecuador’s heritage Ecuador initiated the process to declare Lonesome George, the last tortoise of its species [...]
Ecuador: Assange remains at embassy as he challenges UK authorities
Assange remains at embassy while Correa considers asylum request; Defense Minister announces a halt to participation of militar personnel in the US School of the Americas; Ecuador’s economy grows 4.8%
Ecuador: Correa weighs up Assange’s asylum request
Ecuadorian officials contemplate Assange’s asylum request; plans developed to increase transport of oil from Colombia’s Pacific coast.
Central America 05/03/12
WikiLeaks unearths intelligence on Zetas massacre and US ambassador’s involvement in Honduran coup, as UN reports new levels of drug violence in the region.
Paraguay 04/07/11
WikiLeaked cable suggests Brazil distrusts its neighbour, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa takes a jab at Paraguayan press and protests rise over vehicle apprehensions by Traffic Police.
Central America 30/05/11
Manuel Zelaya returns to Honduras; suspected Zetas are arrested in connection with last week’s massacre in Guatemala; and Wikileaks releases new files on El Salvador.
Ecuador 11/04/11
New Wikileaks revelations strain U.S.-Ecuadorian diplomatic relations and Cuenca mourns the death of Osmara de Leon.
Paraguay 14/03/11
US ambassadors consider Mercosur as ‘anti-American’, while President Lugo travels to Vietnam and Taiwan to boost trade and diplomatic cooperation.