{"id":104570,"date":"2017-05-29T23:33:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104570"},"modified":"2017-05-29T23:33:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:33:16","slug":"ecuadors-president-tells-wikileaks-founder-not-to-meddle-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/29\/ecuadors-president-tells-wikileaks-founder-not-to-meddle-in-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador&#8217;s President tells WikiLeaks founder not to meddle in politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98987\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14695483_663069050519222_4661641030537428681_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98987\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14695483_663069050519222_4661641030537428681_n.jpg\" alt=\"Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno on Monday urged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to intervene in Ecuadorian politics.  (Photo: Len\u00edn Moreno\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14695483_663069050519222_4661641030537428681_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14695483_663069050519222_4661641030537428681_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14695483_663069050519222_4661641030537428681_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14695483_663069050519222_4661641030537428681_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno on Monday urged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to intervene in Ecuadorian politics. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeninMorenoEC\/photos\/a.402031206623009.1073741825.402027323290064\/663069050519222\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Len\u00edn Moreno\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>QUITO\u2014Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno on Monday urged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to intervene in Ecuadorian politics.<\/p>\n<p>Assange has been sheltered by the Ecuadorian embassy in London since he sought asylum there in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He must respect the condition in which he is, not to intervene in Ecuadorian politics and not intervene in the politics of friendly countries either,&#8221; Moreno told a press conference in capital Quito.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno, who took over as president on May 24, responded after Assange wrote on Twitter last week that &#8220;Ecuadorians can feel confident that, if WikiLeaks obtains proof of corruption in Ecuador, it will publish them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The asylum was granted to Assange by Ecuador&#8217;s former President Rafael Correa as the WikiLeaks founder faced potential extradition to the U.S., and Moreno stated he would maintain the same policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ecuador is extremely respectful&#8230;with the lives of human beings. That is why it granted him asylum in its embassy,&#8221; said Moreno.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is seeking to try Assange for espionage after WikiLeaks published thousands of confidential American documents in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>He was also being sought by Sweden for allegations of sexual assault but the Swedish prosecutor-general abandoned the case on May 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUITO\u2014Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno on Monday urged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to intervene in Ecuadorian politics. 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