"The new president of Ecuador is not the strong and good man than his predecessor was." That comment really, really bothers me, even though I am no supporter of

"The new president of Ecuador is not the strong and good man than his predecessor was." That comment really, really bothers me, even though I am no supporter of the new president. Assange was granted assylum by Correa, the previous president, a populist, a big ally of Chavez/Maduro. Granting asylum to Assange was a great international PR move for him. It made Correa seem like a supporter of freedom of speach/press. While he was in power there was no freedom of press/speach here in Ecuador. Today several of his top officials are in prison or have fled the country. Correa himself is wanted for the attempted kidnapping of an ecuadorian opposition leader in Colombia. The only reason this came to light is because the colombian police was able to capture the kidnappers during the attempted kidnapping. It turns out the kidnappers were all government officials... Many similarities to the Kagashogi story. Anyhow I truly wonder if Assange has the slightest idea of what type of 'leader' he received assylum from.... It is so ironic.... Something like Wikileaks would have been never, ever seen the light of day during Correa's regime here in Ecuador.