"Ecuador will not accept pressures or threats from anyone, and it does not traffic in its values or allow them to be subjugated to mercantile interests," government spokesman Fernando Alvarado said at a news conference.Didn't America get some respect in the world back in the old days?
In a cheeky jab at the U.S. spying program that Snowden unveiled through leaks to the media, the South American nation offered $23 million per year to finance human rights training.
The funding would be destined to help "avoid violations of privacy, torture and other actions that are denigrating to humanity," Alvarado said. He said the amount was the equivalent of what Ecuador gained each year from the trade benefits.
6.28.2013
So much for that "smart diplomacy"
After being bitch-slapped by Hong Kong and Russia, Obama gets bitch-slapped by Ecuador:
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Unable to do the real thing because of budget cuts, the United States Navy will be sending them a YouTube video of a menacing carrier strike group cruising off the shores of some unidentified South American country.
Maybe Obama will even go all Hans Blix on him.
Loved it! "Hans Brix?!? Oh no!" LOL!
A link is on the way.
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