Ecuadorian police detained five journalists associated with Ecuador Indymedia late Tuesday night, May 6th. Four of the five were released from custody on Wednesday afternoon. The government says that the four activists were detained because of their relationship with the fifth detainee, Ecuadorian resident and Colombian national Antonio Alcívar.

The government at first refused to issue a statement on the matter or inform the detainees of the reason for their arrests. The Regional Foundation for Assistance in Human Rights (INREDH) noted that this was a violation of the detainees' constitutional right to be clearly informed of the reason for their detention along with the identities of those who ordered and carried out the arrests.

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> Ecuador's Leader Purges Military and Moves to Expel American Base
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> By SIMON ROMERO
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> New York Times
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/world/americas/21ecuador.h...
> April 21, 2008
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> MANTA, Ecuador - Chafing at ties between American
> intelligence agencies and Ecuadorean military
> officials, President Rafael Correa is purging the armed

Ecuador wants military base in Miami

By Phil Stewart

NAPLES (Reuters) - Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador's Pacific coast.

The Columbian president Alvaro Uribe is the last ally of the USA in
Latin America. Having massacred a number of FARC guerrilla leaders
inside Ecuador territory, his regime is accusing the Ecuadorian
government of holding secret meetings with the guerillas and also
accusing Venezuela of giving them refuge to regroup before returning

Ecuador wants military base in Miami
category international | anti-war | other press author Wednesday October 24, 2007 13:48author by Terence Report this post to the editors

A strike at the heart of hypocrisy

Yes, you read that headline correctly!