From Machetera's Blog:
Rafael Correa has one nasty snakepit on his hands. Ecuador is crawling with CIA, and the links between its police force, the U.S. and Colombia are only the tip of the iceberg. Alert students of the 2004 coup in Haiti, organized by the U.S. and fronted by Guy Philippe will recall that Philippe, a self-professed admirer of Ronald Reagan and Augusto Pinochet, trained at a police academy in Ecuador.
And what about the title of the U.S. Embassy's latest "workshop" in Ecuador "Challenges and Strategic Opportunities"? What did they call that thing in Rosario at the end of March? Oh, that's right: "The Challenges of Latin America - Between Institutional Failings and Development Opportunities."
Can't they hire more than one p.r. person to organize their themes? Isn't that kind of obvious?
The Long Arm of the CIA in Ecuador
Kintto Lucas - Rebelión - translated by Machetera
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The assertion by Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, that intelligence services in his country were infiltrated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was a jolt for the Ecuadoran armed forces with yet to be seen consequences.
But, above all, it was evidence that the influence of the Southern Command, begun with the delivery of the Manta Airbase in November, 1999, has had negative consequences inside the armed forces, resulting in an increase among those who seek subordination to the policies of the United States, to the detriment of those who defend a nationalistic policy, once a wide majority.
A highly placed officer in the Ecuadoran armed forces who preferred to remain anonymous, told the IPS news service that this was a crucial moment from which only two paths exist: "that of the military returning to its nationalistic policies or finally delivering itself to American (U.S.) demands."
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http://machetera.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/curiouser-and-curiouser/#more-156
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