Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, reportedly set to be expelled from Ecuadorian embassy in London https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04...elled-from-ecuador-embassy-wikileaks/10974482 This week, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Julian Assange had "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum The Ecuadorian Government said it believed photos of Mr Moreno and his family were circulated on social media by Wikileaks Wikileaks denied those claims, and said the president's remarks were in retribution for having reported on corruption allegations WikiLeaks says high-level sources within Ecuador are signalling that Australian Julian Assange will be expelled from the country's London embassy within "hours to days". In a tweet, WikiLeaks said Ecuador already had an agreement with the United Kingdom for Mr Assange's arrest. Another tweet, posted an hour later, confirmed it had received "secondary confirmation from another high-level source". It has been reported that Ecuador's President is trying to surrender the Australian in exchange for debt relief from the United States. The ABC has not independently verified the WikiLeaks reports. Earlier this week, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Mr Assange had "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum in the Andean nation's embassy, where he has lived for nearly seven years. Mr Moreno said Mr Assange did not have the right to "hack private accounts or phones" and could not intervene in the politics of other countries, especially those that have friendly relations with Ecuador. Mr Moreno made the comments after private photographs of him and his family at a time years ago when they were living in Europe were circulated on social media. Although he stopped short of explicitly blaming Mr Assange for the leak, the Government said it believed the photos were shared by WikiLeaks. "Mr Assange has violated the agreement we reached with him and his legal counsel too many times," Mr Moreno told the Ecuadorean Radio Broadcasters Association. (More at above url)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-financing-deal-with-imf-moreno-idUSKCN1QA05Z Ecuador inks $4.2 billion financing deal with IMF: Moreno QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador has reached a $4.2 billion staff-level financing deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), President Lenin Moreno said on Wednesday, as the Andean country grapples with a large fiscal deficit and heavy external debt. The country will also receive $6 billion in loans from multilateral institutions including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the CAF Andean development bank, Moreno said in a message broadcast on national television and radio. Ecuador’s sovereign bonds surged last week after the IMF confirmed it was engaged in formal talks with Moreno over a possible financial arrangement. Staff-level agreements between the IMF and member countries are subject to approval by the Washington-based lender’s executive board.
Just as I said on April 11: "The new president in Ecuador is trying to work out a debt relief deal with the U.S. I imagine he is going to be a WINNER before long." You are welcome. We know you do not get your Media Matters links on the weekend so you have to go it alone.