Ecuadorian Presidential Hopeful Could Be Assange’s Undoing

Guillermo Lasso, a former banker and Ecuador’s ex-Minister of Economics, is running for president in Ecuador and has promised to end the nation’s long-standing asylum of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Guillermo Lasso, center, cheers, accompanied by his wife and his running mate outside the Electoral National Council where supporters were waiting for election results, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP/Dolores Ochoa)

For the better part of five years, Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, has been living within the confines of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. In 2012, Assange was fleeing falsified rape charges in Sweden when he was granted political asylum by Ecuador. However, he found himself unable to leave the embassy, as the government of the

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Mexican Official: Trump’s Plan To Deport Non-Mexicans To Mexico Is A ‘Non-Starter’

On the eve of a meeting between Mexico’s President Peña Nieto and American officials, Mexican officials emphatically rejected the latest Trump administration immigration proposal.

Marcelo Rochabrun
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Immigration

(REPORT) --- Mexican officials have flatly rejected the Trump administration's plan to deport to Mexico migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. southern border, regardless of nationality. On the eve of a high-level meeting between the two countries, Mexican officials said Mexico will never accept the return of Guatemalans, Salvadorans,

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Trump Plans To Deport Anyone Crossing Border Illegally To Mexico, Regardless Of Nationality

The idea is part of a raft of immigration proposals signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that are likely to spur international and legal challenges.

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Ginger Thompson
بواسطة Marcelo Rochabrun
و Ginger Thompson
Immigration Overload Central American Gangs Q&A

(REPORT) --- Buried deep in the Trump Administration's plans to round up undocumented immigrants is a provision certain to enrage Mexico 2014 new authority for federal agents to deport immigrants caught crossing the southern border to Mexico, regardless of where they are from. If present immigration trends continue, that could mean the United

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Kremlin Denies Claim It Considered Giving Snowden As ‘Gift’ To Trump

The whistleblower has said he is “not afraid” about the prospect of Russia giving him to the U.S., saying the rumor vindicates him.

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teleSUR
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و teleSUR
Unlike the Green Party’s Jill Stein, not one Republican or Democratic nominee has voiced any support for the NSA whistleblower or shown any willingness to allow him to return to the U.S. as a free man. (Photo: Tony Webster/CC)

(REPORT) --- Amid reports that Moscow is considering handing over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as a “gift” to U.S. President Donald Trump, a Russian government spokesperson said Monday that the Kremlin and the White House have not discussed the matter, Russia’s state TASS agency reported. "No, this issue (Snowden’s fate) was not raised,"

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Crowdfunded Indie News Site Newsbud Takes On NBC Over Turkey Coup Propaganda

The independent journalists demanded that NBC retract a report about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking asylum in Germany — an allegation they called ‘highly irresponsible and harmful.’

Kit O'Connell
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Newsbud is requesting that NBC and MSNBC issue a public retraction of and an official explanation for a false report about the Turkish Coup, claiming President Erdogan sought asylum in Germany, NBC quoted an anonymous senior Pentagon official as the source of the claim. (YouTube screenshot)

NEW YORK --- An independent news outlet is demanding accountability from the mainstream media over inaccurate reporting during last month’s attempted coup in Turkey. At the time this article was being written on Wednesday afternoon, reporters from Newsbud, a crowdfunded outlet focused on media integrity, were en route to New York in hopes of

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WikiLeaks’ Assange Enters Year 5 Of Confinement, War On Whistleblowers To Continue Indefinitely

The WikiLeaks founder’s four years of confinement in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London mark him as an ongoing victim of the U.S. war on whistleblowers, but he’s just one of many targeted for speaking out about government corruption and injustice.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

AUSTIN, Texas --- On Sunday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the fourth anniversary of the day he entered the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on asylum. Many, including fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and philosopher and political analyst Noam Chomsky, voiced their support for Assange and their hopes for his eventual freedom. But Assange

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