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Exclusive: Ecuador's Foreign Minister on Snowden, Assange & Latin American Resistance to U.S. Spying

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Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

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http://www.democracynow.org - Amidst new revelations of U.S. spying in Latin America and ongoing diplomatic tensions over the asylum efforts of Edward Snowden, we are joined by Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño. Speaking from Quito, Patiño addresses the confusion over Ecuador's ties to Snowden's asylum bid after initially granting him a temporary travel document but later calling the action a "mistake." Patiño also comments on the diplomatic fallout over the forced landing in Austria of a plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales following rumors that Snowden was on board. And Patiño gives an update on Ecuador's efforts to resolve the standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains holed up in Ecuador's London embassy as the British government refuses to allow his departure to Ecuador after receiving political asylum. 

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