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a matter of weeks since police in ecuador protested against salary cuts sparking what some later called a coup attempt the country's president was said to have been trapped in a hospital for twelve hours before being freed thanks to a military operation the violent drama left five people dead the details are still unclear while to find out more r.t. spoke to president rafael correa himself. what. a day. thank you for receiving us here at this time in your home. defense that as you know there are differences here is what happened on september the thirtieth both on the national and international level what arguments do you use when saying that it was an attempt to tough. there's no doubt it was an attempted coup i was support my position with arguments

a bit later in our country the opposition can say whatever they like is believe here that being in opposition means denying obvious things there even really to argue that a circle has right angles and if i died that day they would have said that i committed suicide anyway day by day we get more and more evidence that this was an attempt to destabilize the situation the thing is that classic coup de tas at least in latin america with troops overturn of a president and appointment of a new military dictator as president are impossible the twenty first century their new way is to destruct the work of a government presumably a certain part of society in this case armed people national police to express their discontent with the new law they haven't even read to the end the law is a good one all this has happened because of misleading information this discontent will serve as a basis for intrusion of political groups and corrupt to groups from the police itself of people violating human rights and resorting to torture that these groups are taking advantage of the general discontent not to have their salaries raised

but to insult the president to hold him hostage or to threaten him and to finally make an assassination attempt and that's clear from video recordings that when they were not acting on their own their actions were coordinated by political groups so that's where i would like to stress that those groups stayed in the shadow waiting for the outcome of this attempted coup d'etat but the intent failed there were a number of coordinated operations and the evidence shows that these actions have been prepared over three week. order to create turmoil which was supposed to last no more than one two or three days it was joined by the armed forces looting broke out as well as skirmishes and bloodshed as a result the government would simply have to stand down but they could not foresee that i would get back to quito headquarters and when they treat me in such an insulting manner when they keep me hostage all this unites the country and the police itself to see that what's going on is far from demands to raise salaries that's when the coup d'etat failed i insist it's obvious that it was an attempted coup but it had a new format rather than a classic why if it was manifested by obvious discontent of the people leading to

chaos and destabilizing the work of the government. and you are going to address that morning you challenge those who want to kill the president asking if they are brain up to do so what was the threat like it's a moment. to moment. when they asked a question to the police the president sticking his neck out what are they talking about a quarter to the current theory it was discontent expressed due to a misunderstanding of a good new law concerning the military and the police there but i was going to explain the essence of law my way once we arrived we were met with tear gas and with slogans get out of his way the communists they blocked the presidential building and pin the tires therefore it was evident from the very beginning that it was a political trap and there was no wish to carry out a dialogue with her no to dance to raise salaries and that was a political scenario. this is the country's former president had left behind and

that's why i opened the window and tried to explain the situation as it continued interrupting and as the news of the looting and we realized it was a political trap i says if you want to kill me which kill me but don't destroy our homeland he didn't have the guts to do so but later on in the coup failed we did try to kill the president which can be seen from the recordings and was confirmed by numerous pieces of evidence through my state and i was attacked. as well as the presidential car anyone can take a look at there's an order to kill the president but at that moment it was coward to not have the guts to kill me. i want to make some doctors in the hospital where you were treated contradict the information about you being kidnapped can you comment on that please. you can hear any kind of nonsense in a democratic society but lately it was proved that the doctors claiming that were not even in the hospital in other words i was not there i left an eleven am great night and then i was found this is ridiculous that's how they show there's ilda harm and to disprove that if you were not kidnapped or kept prisoner call it

whatever you like why would they need the army to save the president and why then the military were fired at that the president is not kept prisoner this is just brutal of obvious facts and this is unlimited human wickedness he said that due to a number of weird coincidences the reason the newest edition of the opposition members actions before the thirtieth of september what kind senses did him in and what are the preliminary results. for example in the morning of the twenty third of september the recordings proving it fidel rael a deputy of tears was behind all this was not the main initiator is a social democratic party its members are detained for the time of the investigation as men you can strike in quito also a few days before the clashes on the thirtieth of september seven opposition members of the national assembly made a trip to the united states where in washington they met with the ultra right who as we know financed opposition groups activity we do not have proof that they

financed the events of september thirtieth but we can prove that they finance opposition activity interests and different people meet here the tough core of the corrupted police there are forty two thousand people working for the police and this group councilors than two hundred and ecuadorian political groups who knew that they will not win at the election and who want to defeat us using arms and also there are foreign groups who are. lastly making efforts to destabilize work of progressive government. i don't believe what problems and internal weaknesses in your opinion have been shown since they went subtly talking about. ok i mean. it's absolutely clear that even before these events there were mistakes of intelligence agency and the government it's understandable because when we came into government our intelligence as well as police in the military were financed by the us embassy let us be frank it's an obvious fact that the us embassy started the controlling then they appointed heads of police and military departments he

underwent a lie detector procedure i said that we should remove the person who is reporting to the embassy and the cia instead of the government of his own country colonel pes medio who met with goods years in miami was involved in a conspiracy activity and was called the government's enemy since the first of march of two thousand and eight when colombia started bombing ecuador those disadvantages of the intelligence service were revealed and many intelligence departments knew that much and they were in contact with the colombian groups stead of reporting to the government they acknowledged the us embassy so we were to disarm those groups and start controlling the intelligence agency we were to finance it appoint the heads of departments and work out a new law on the state intelligence service but it was adopted only in two thousand and nine and that's why from two thousand and nine. the intelligence service system but all those structures have been decaying and still there are people who managed to get in there it's very difficult to reform the system of intelligence so we're still working on it it's clear how those problems appear but it's

a big problem and we have to pay a lot of attention to that that was one of the mistakes we faced on the thirtieth of september those were mistakes that ecuador's intelligence and the investigation revealed later on that the coup had been prepared three weeks in advance that was. messages were sent via the internet and mobile phones and everybody knew about the coup and the political supporters except the government of course had. look like. when you talk about these extreme granted when groups that support an opposition on the international arena and try to obstruct the changes that are happening which groups are you talking about exactly you. know i won't mention any names we know who they are but i don't want to obstruct the investigation but i will say however is that these new tactics of the north american hocks the extreme right wing groups mainly in the us but also in latin america europe etc as they don't have a central government but i will say however is that these new tactics of the north

american harks the extreme right wing groups i mean in the us but also in latin america europe etc if they don't have a central government these new tactics are indirect they don't try to achieve a direct effect by the foreign policy of a state but instead use think tanks for conspiracy purposes how do they do that they finance conspiracies and work on the inside of a country i means of defamation that distortion and misinformation we are called the populace is like a mother a tarion dictators the presidents of have run in the elections more often than anyone else but according to them since the politically correct candidates don't win we are the dictators in their race they distort facts to propagate their ideology like science all of these freedom figures and so in other words if you raise taxes you are endangering freedom and lowering their freedom level this is what all the newspapers are saying the freedom level in ecuador has decreased it's all a conspiracy conspiracies are everywhere it's a new way to work for these ultra right groups they no longer have the support of the us so now they are plotting against obama himself financing opposition groups

and depicting them as independent groups but what they are spreading is in fact their ideology. mr president to you and i talked in moscow a year ago over the course of that interview you describe yourself as a realist who is not afraid of change how do you become disappointed after the events of september the thirtieth what's the difference between that i frankly. yeah of two thousand and nine and yourself today. you know. i would say i'm the same person i was before september thirtieth but it was certainly an experience where five people were killed and i can't stop thinking about that i keep asking myself what i could have done to avoid it the fact that i was so close to death has left an imprint on me of course and i'm still worried children write to me asking me to start smiling again i have to do that if it was obviously a very severe experience but we know our path wouldn't be paved with roses we

wanted to change our country but we could not imagine it would come to criminal just remedies like it did on september thirtieth that makes us even more realistic you know but we can't afford to lose hope we have to keep fighting and keep believing that the country can be changed and that we can do it it was a heavy blow of course but we have to move forward because he. thank you for your time but i. thank you very much it was a pleasure speaking with you but i'm going to. take it up by. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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top stories this hour here on r t another day of unrest in france ahead of a vote on raising the retirement age and there's the country's gripped by protests and violence over pension reform the support for protesters is losing ground critics say they're only making the dumbest situation worse. prosecutors investigate allegations of child abuse in one of russia's oldest convents deny claims by children that they were beaten as well as punishment sleep and food deprivation. also reported. to have the last laugh as he strikes back against the hollywood comedy at his country his film one included american. well that brings up today for the moment i'll be back with more news free in less than fifteen minutes from now in the mean time the sport is next with.

this board using r.t.s. quick look at some of the stories making the headlines this hour. and remain outside the champions league playoffs following a disappointing me only joy games old wednesday. russian media is a balls over reports that. call tools to bring wayne gretzky to pittsburgh. and also russia south sides on hosting the twenty sixteen ice hockey world championships adding another potential high profile events to schedule which already includes the twenty fourteen olympics and possibly twenty eight seen world cup. first europa league football with russia's two top teams in action on thursday as a need to very close to claiming this third straight victory in the competition the premier league table to oppose leading creation. suniel very late in the match an

example quote of that to open its way to five minutes same and dani made in the second health meetings in need will most probably retain their perfect right there in the europa league says col meanwhile are away to sicily tonight's also looking to extend their european winning streak to three matches that game in a few minutes time incredible. meanwhile were beans chances of reaching the knockout stages of the champions league very disappointing meal mill draw with bonus like us in athens no goals being would be in group d. where barcelona out to all the standings out there leon no message school the brace against call haagen group c. wayne rooney manchester united moved to the psammead could see over. the water while rangers. still i want all drawer with bonnie and sam over in group b. lee all made it three wins from three after beating ben and shell game should help

will remain on zero points and of course f.c. twente is draw against the brim and couldn't live off the seven goal thriller in the talent for the law by the end of the first half before he gallants buyback sold gareth bale snaps a second period have tricks so forth marie howe attended there. playing really well . we're going to be a reduction we've made too many mistakes and a pretty good concert. we play for them with this result when you have a going was a good draw twenty drew we. didn't do too much. news now and the legendary wayne gretzky could be all the move to russia arguably the greatest player of all time the canadian is believed to be in talks over a coaching post with free spending sky same pittsburgh the continental hockey

league side are reported to have approached the gretzky. yvonne's are not on monday the forty nine year old seen here on a visit to the russia house during the vancouver olympics had trained phoenix days for three years but is without a job at the moment gretzky bashed rumors he was bound for petersburg in march but scarlett seemed. in their attempts to entice chris key into the upcoming russian winter. and hockey fans could be seeing planned class action right in the backyard here in this country prime minister vladimir putin saying russia will be aiming to submit a bid to host the twenty sixth in world championships before the mates wednesday eleven deadline nine hundred seventy two summit serious between russian and can add and national teams could also be in for a rebirth in sweyn's his wealth. the russian ice hockey federation is a need to bring back the one nine hundred seventy two summit series between russian

and comedian national teams for its fortieth anniversary in two thousand and twelve this initiative was discussed with canadian sport officials in the n.h.l. and they reacted positively to the proposal also almost. to hold the two thousand and sixteen ice hockey world championships the matches would take place in moscow and st petersburg we already have most of the facilities in place and have the capacity to host a top class championships. and russia sports ministry is made while focusing its efforts on stepping up its game for the country's disabled athletes the organizations chief corps was on hand to sign agreements with a paralympic and del flame back associations here in moscow the ministry will be revamping the facilities for all national teams participating in global competition paralympians earning their cash and of the government by grabbing an overall medal winning banker over right after the main olympic team and historically embarrassing

outing and with a sore shelling boxing twenty fourteen joining the arrest sports minister would call sounds there will be plenty of support for those septa reprints and team russia. which is dealing with a lot has already been done but a lot of work is doing had salaries for coaches and sportsmen will be released next year a special training camp will be opened and that will be the biggest sports center built in the last twenty years for bar olympic and paralympic sports and such a center should be built in every region of the country you know that you know but we know now that says moscow basketball and hockey clubs could be aim for some type of financial times next year mining giants not a disc nique in who for the sponsor both teams indicated that their latest shareholders meeting they could be trimming the fat the first size that the company was. willing to dupont the sporting stage came when billionaire and avid sports fan broke out of sell these twenty five percent share in the company to allen media

heavyweights will solve in april two thousand and eight. they then the funding and close the mall school football club it is this year. retiring to the budget for the two clubs will be intact for the rest of the year but big changes will be looming eleven. now in golf ernie els has won the grand slam of golf a year ending to a mint which unites the four major champions of this season but amazing enough else did not win a grand slam event in twenty six and answering the tournament as a substitute for lost as champion filmmaker anyways the south africa who grabs the top three around of two under sixty nine else. they did david thomas who was also filling in for louis. in bird new use open champion graeme mcdowell and p.g.a. champion martin where tied for third place.

now has been relishing his new status for almost two weeks but it's only now that newly crowned champion around so got to celebrate his title at home in my yorker. thousands of fans lining up on the island's three to agree their hero who was joined by is mother on the joyous occasion twenty three year old grange the title of the south when he has another podium finish at the malaysian grand prix but he had to race in australia last week before finally touching down home soil the weights it seems was worth it when york is now a hooting stronghold tennis world number one rafael adult also hailing from the middle of the the terrain. and back to hockey finally let's now have a look at our weekly kontinental hockey league highlights.

that's the sport for the cell but let's briefly to europa league football now whereas the need same good as just wrapped up a two no victory over my ducal from gray share this straight away and as many games so far the european cup wild says will be aiming to do just the same in a few minutes away too. and so that the sport for the moment come up right after this is the world whether stay with us. for the.