El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, pidió ayer martes asilo político a Ecuador en su embajada en Londres, donde se halla refugiado, anunció el canciller ecuatoriano Ricardo Patiño, quien indicó que el gobierno examina el requerimiento.
“Ha solicitado asilo político en la misión diplomática del Ecuador en Londres”, dijo el ministro a la prensa, y agregó que el “gobierno ecuatoriano analiza su pedido”.
Assange, requerido por Suecia para que responda por presuntos delitos de agresión sexual, formalizó su solicitud mediante una carta al presidente ecuatoriano, Rafael Correa, en la que requirió que la decisión le sea comunicada “a la mayor brevedad”.
Mientras, en un comunicado difundido en Londres agradeció a Quito por estudiar el pedido. “Estoy agradecido a la embajadora de Ecuador y al gobierno de Ecuador por considerar mi solicitud”, indicó el fundador de WikiLeaks, quien se encontraba bajo arresto domiciliario desde hace año y medio.
La cancillería ecuatoriana indicó a su vez que “ha comunicado oficialmente acerca de esta situación al Foreign and Commonwealth Office” del Reino Unido.
En terreno diplomático
Una portavoz del ministerio británico indicó por su parte que Assange “está en territorio diplomático y fuera del alcance de la policía” y que Londres “buscará trabajar con las autoridades ecuatorianas para resolver esta situación lo antes posible”.
Una portavoz del ministerio británico indicó por su parte que Assange “está en territorio diplomático y fuera del alcance de la policía” y que Londres “buscará trabajar con las autoridades ecuatorianas para resolver esta situación lo antes posible”.
“Ecuador se encuentra evaluando el pedido del señor Julian Assange y cualquier decisión que adopte sobre el mismo tendrá en cuenta el respeto a las normas y principios de derecho internacional, así como la tradicional política del Ecuador de precautelar los derechos humanos”, subrayó Quito.
El pasado jueves, la Corte Suprema británica rechazó la solicitud de Assange de reexaminar el recurso contra su extradición a Suecia.
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
Editorial
The Trouble With Ms. Merkel
Published: June 19, 2012 41 Comments
After their two-day meeting ended on Tuesday, leaders of the Group of 20 top economies managed to say some of the right things. Focusing on the euro-zone debt crisis — clearly, the largest threat to the global economy — they pledged to do more to spur growth, ensure financial stability and support a stronger European fiscal union.
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The question now is whether these words will ever translate into effective action. If the past two years of the euro crisis is any guide, the likely answer is no. As recession and banking crises have enveloped Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy, the crisis response, led by Germany, has been dominated by a relentless insistence on self-defeating austerity and piecemeal rescue plans.
The result has been deeper recession, social unrest and political upheaval in Europe’s weaker economies and increasing mistrust between the strong and weak nations of Europe — precisely the wrong conditions for integrating the banks, budgets and politics of Europe in a way that is needed for the long-term survival of the euro.
Will this time be different?
There are mounting reasons for Germany to alter its stance. For one, the stakes are higher. No sooner did the elections in Greece on Sunday ease fears of a disorderly Greek exit from the euro then borrowing costs spiked in Spain and Italy. Both countries must sell government bonds to refinance heavy debt loads, but investors, spooked by recession and financial instability, are instead pulling money out of the countries. That presages far bigger challenges than Europe has faced thus far and underscores the failure of policies to stem the crisis.
Against that backdrop, the world leaders had a chance to press Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, to provide stronger and more flexible bailout support — for example, by allowing Greece more time to meet the backbreaking terms of its bailout package or injecting capital from the euro zone directly into Spain’s banks or seeking more aggressive ways to lower interest rates for vulnerable borrowers, including issuance of a common Eurobond or direct bond purchases by the European Central Bank.
Ms. Merkel has long rejected such steps. But, next week, when leaders of the European Union meet for a planned summit meeting, the discussions from the G-20 could provide a foundation and political cover for her to begin to take bolder action.
Then again, she could hold firm to her current stance. She has repeatedly insisted on austerity for hard-pressed countries, even when it has been a demonstrable failure. And, while she has correctly asserted that more aid on better terms should be accompanied by greater European unity, the lack of unity appears to be an excuse to delay steps to ensure that adequate aid is available on workable terms. Under current policies, the euro zone and the global economy have been put at high risk.
By next week we will find out whether world leaders at the G-20 got through to Ms. Merkel.
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