Ecuador Slates US
Newspaper Report
QUITO - Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo
Patino called on Monday a report published
by the US El Nuevo Herald daily, which
refers to Ecuador as an international center
of criminal and drug trafficking activities,
as a despicable act.
To Patino, the intention is to harm
Ecuador's image by means of an evidently
biased document, excessively covered by the
Ecuadorian media.
"What a rightwing non-governmental
organization does to damage the country's
prestige is a despicable act. They elaborate
a document and publish it on the front page
of our papers," the minister commented.
Patino said the Ecuadorian ambassador to the
US had already presented a reply to the
mentioned document.
The Ecuadorian diplomatic statement calls
the study biased, lacking impartiality and
objectivity, "part of a campaign aimed at
discrediting the country's image and the
government of President Rafael Correa."
Although it lacks the huge resources of
Colombia to face drug trafficking, Ecuador
is the only country in the Andean region
that is free from coca crops, the text said. |
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