SOA Graduate Involved in Coup Attempt in Ecuador

[Judi Lynn]

Source: SOAW.org

SOA Graduate Involved in Coup Attempt in Ecuador
Written by Lisa Sullivan
Saturday
Oct 09th.

A School of the Americas graduate has been charged for last Thursday's unsuccessful coup attempt in Ecuador. Colonel Manuel E. Rivadeneira Tello, a graduate of the SOA's combat arms training course, is one of three police officials being investigated for negligence, rebellion and attempted assassination of the president.

Rivadeneira was the commander of the barracks where President Correa was attacked by protesting police. The injured Correa was taken to a police hospital were he held hostage by police who threatened to kill him if he escaped. After 12 hours, 500 elite forces stormed the hospital and organized a fiery rescue. By the end of the day 4 people lay dead and over 200 wounded.

This is the second coup attempt led by SOA graduates in a little over a year. The June 2009 in Honduras led by SOA graduates General Vasquez Velasquez and General Prince Suazo was successful in overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya. At the time, President Correa expressed concern that this opened the possibility of future coups in the continent acknowledging that he might be a possible target..

The defense of Ecuador's democracy was achieved by its citizens, who poured into the streets in defense of their popular president. Their voices were joined by an international chorus of support for Correa, including the OAS, UNASUR and Secretary of State Clinton. Ecuadorians, however, were not convinced that the U.S. was an innocent bystander. A poll indicated that over 50% of Ecuadorians felt that the U.S. had some involvement in the coup based, perhaps, on experience in their country where evidence has pointed to past U.S. involvement in coups and presidential deaths.

Read more: http://www.soaw.org/presente/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=328&Itemid=63

[maryf]

1. Sadly no surprise...

The SOA does it's job well... :( K&R

[prolesunited]

2. The world hates us for our freedoms

Yeah, right

[EFerrari]

3. Especially those terraist Ecuadorians with their terrorist

suit against Chevron.

[Judi Lynn]

4. The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning

The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning
By James Petras
Saturday, Oct 9, 2010

The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its allies among the traditional oligarchy and the leftist social movements, Indian organizations and their political parties.

While President Correa and all governments in Latin America, and significant sectors of the Ecuadorian public described the violent actions as a coup, the principle organ of Wall Street -- The Wall Street Journal -- described it as a "police protest". Spoke persons for Goldman Sachs and the Council of Foreign Relations referred to the police and military power grab against the democratically elected government as a self-induced "political crises" of the President. While the coup was underway the "Indian" movement CONAIE, launched a manifesto condemning the government, while the "Indian" party Pachakutik supported the ouster of the President and backed the police coup as a "just act of public servants".

In summary, the imperial backers of the coup , sectors of the Ecuadorian elite and Indian movement downplayed the violent police uprising as a coup in order to justify their support for it as just another "legitimate economic protest". In other words, the victim of the elite coup was converted into the repressor of the peoples' will. The factual question of whether their was a coup or not, is central to deciding whether the government was justified in repressing the police uprising and whether in fact the democratic system was endangered.

The Facts about the Coup

The police did not simply "protest" against economic polices, they seized the National Assembly and attempted to occupy public buildings and media outlets. The air force -- or at least those sectors collaborating with the police -- seized the airport in Quito, concerted actions seizing and blocked strategic transport networks.. President Correa was assaulted and seized and kept hostage under police guard by scores of heavily armed police, who violently resisted the Special Forces who eventually freed the president resulting in scores of wounded and ten deaths. Clearly the leaders of the police uprising had more in mind that a simple "protest" over cancelled bonuses -- they sought to overthrow the president and were willing to use their firepower to carry it off. The initial economic demands of public sector employees were used by the coup leaders as a springboard to oust the regime.

More:
http://www.drugpolicycentral.com/bot/article/axisoflogic5339.htm

[Dystopian]

5. KandR

School of the Assassins
Tragic.


peace~

[Judi Lynn]

6. SOA graduate charged in Ecuador coup attempt

SOA graduate charged in Ecuador coup attempt

Submitted by WW4 Report on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 00:51. A School of the Americas graduate has been charged for last week's unsuccessful coup attempt in Ecuador. Col. Manuel E. Rivadeneira Tello, a graduate of the SOA's combat arms training course, is one of three police officials being investigated for negligence, rebellion and attempted assassination of the president.

Rivadeneira was the commander of the barracks where President Correa was attacked by protesting police. The injured Correa was taken to a police hospital were he held hostage by police who threatened to kill him if he escaped. After 12 hours, 500 elite military troops stormed the hospital and organized a rescue. By the end of the day four people were dead and over 200 wounded.

This is the second coup attempt led by SOA graduates in a little over a year. The June 2009 in Honduras led by SOA graduates Gen. Vásquez Velásquez and General Prince Suazo was successful in overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya. At the time, President Correa expressed concern that this opened the possibility of future coups in the continent acknowledging that he might be a possible target..

The defense of Ecuador's democracy was achieved by its citizens, who poured into the streets in defense of their president. Their voices were joined by an international chorus of support for Correa, including the OAS, UNASUR and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ecuadorans, however, were not convinced that the US was an not involved. A poll indicated that over 50% of Ecuadorans felt that the US had some involvement in the coup.

More:
http://ww4report.com/node/9174