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on our t.v. ecuador's president exclusively shares his view on how the standoff with britain might pan out and what price this country may pay for backing julian assange. why did ecuador get involved in all this by standing up for julian assange the country is exposing itself to risk according to the media one of the reasons for the delay in granting him asylum was ecuador's fear of a possible u.s. response is this true. or not at all we just wanted to address the request in a very thorough and responsible way we look to the motivations for mr sanders asylum did looked into the charges brought against him in sweden reviewed u.k. law as well as international law and of course we went over our own legislation then we made a responsible decision just as we promised originally after the olympics

specifically because they were taking place in london and not because of fear of reprisals which we knew might follow them we will always be guided by principles and values not to fear what consequences might ecuador face after granting asylum to julian assange which normally such a decision shouldn't have any consequences that is if all countries respect international law which clearly says that the state has the right to grant asylum how many times has sweden granted asylum a lot of people requested asylum in sweden and leave the noun this country is known for its willingness to give asylum what consequences could there be but unfortunately in this particular case we see that some countries are displaying their colonial and imperial ambitions their ethnocentricity it turns out that if ecuador grants asylum to someone it certainly might have consequences what consequences are we talking about if we're exercising our sovereignty in line with

international law. are you afraid of any sanctions that might follow there is definitely no fear but let's face it there might be reprisals which would be terrible if the u.k. for example acts on these threats and invades our embassy to arrest the sanj but can you imagine how big of a precedent this would set mr president some media have suggested that the decision to grant asylum to julian assange is nothing more than that with those attempts to improve the country's international image and what is this international image i don't know anything about it fortunately in our country seventy five to eighty percent of the power belongs to the peoples no matter what some dishonest and immoral media trying to say that certain para groups use them to tell lies about what's going on they say the reason new freedom of speech in ecuador is there is no freedom of speech how would they be able to communicate this idea they contradict themselves or this will world knows that latin america including ecuador is going

through historical changes right now so we are finally witnessing social justice equality sovereignty and dignity there are some power groups that oppose these changes mind you these groups are very influential some of them own media outlets they constantly conduct smear campaigns trying to discredit our government i want to ask you a question how many days have you been in ecuador. no more than three i think have you feel that any of your reports have been banned or censored have you felt like that was censored ships have you been told for example that you cannot publish certain stories as your excess the information being restricted in any way. of course not and this is the reality but these power groups both national and international are constantly campaigning against us trying to discredit our government because ecuador in latin america aren't changing and changing for the better thank god mr president in your interview with julian assange in his

programme on our channel you said he's invited to the club of the persecuted do you feel like you're being persecuted i have prayed as i've said every day wake up and have to guess what lies the media will cook up today in ecuador there are six families that own the whole media business and there are several other major business is that belong to them are new constitutional reform bend the media from being involved in any other business activities except for being the source of information as they called it infringing on freedom of press we want to avoid the conflict of interest and that was considered infringing on freedom of speech whatever is in line with laurent ethics but is at odds with the interests of the media dictatorship that used to exist in ecuador is considered infringing on freedom of speech we would like the world to understand what is really going on in ecuador the things that the needed us here would be unacceptable in such countries as the u.k. russia the us for example the murder case in the u.k.

if something similar happened in ecuador and the people responsible were brought to justice this would be called infringing on freedom of speech you have to understand that the median let in america have always been very corrupt it supported the pinochet regime the dictatorship in argentina and so on conflicting interests when every day occurrence there was even a clear pattern having become a successful businessman you set up your own channel not to keep the population in . but to protect your business interests now everything is changing and i've become the target of daily criticism of regular smear campaigns no one believes them though when julian assange has mother came to ecuador did you have a chance to talk to her yes of course christine is a wonderful person isn't she we gave her a warm welcome and it was a pleasure to talk to her deter visit to ecuador influence your decision to grant julian assange asylum in any way. no we didn't all decision was made in accordance with international law and was based on expert those traditions of humanism as well

as the grounds that mr sanchez presented to support his request for political asylum we met with christine she's a very nice woman but it in no way influenced our decision. mr president it's hard to believe that julian assange had no contact with ecuadorian officials prior to requesting political asylum because he needed to be certain that they were dorian embassy would ensure his safety did you discuss this option with him before hand. no we didn't i didn't talk to mr sands personally but if i'm not mistaken at some point the situation became suit hands that he said he was thinking about seeking asylum in an embassy the haps even in ecuador's embassy was sure he would be allowed to stay when he entered the embassy so i think mr sanchez discussed it with the embassy staff since he i believe entered after hours so they must have been expecting him any person seeking asylum in ecuador as embassies will

be safe we will see to the needs but after that we will consider granting them asylum with all due thoroughness if the person in question is a criminal we will never grant asylum to him but why do you think julian assange strolls ecuador and not another country only mr sands can answer that and the fact he did is the best response to this smear campaign and to the people who maintain we have a new freedom of speech the man whose freedom of speech personally fight requested asylum in ecuador it's the best response to organize how long do you think will julian assange should be staying in the embassy in theory indefinitely unless the u.k. goes ahead with its threats to raid our embassy to arrest him as you know the threat is in a written form and the u.k. hasn't revoked it do you think they drill a go as far as that i think it will be pure insanity on the part of the u.k. after doing so any of their embassies could be raided and what will they say then

what kind of repercussions would such development have we would immediately sever our diplomatic ties of chords i think it would lead to a backlash in all the latin american countries but i maintain that the u.k. has more to lose after that how would you prevent the same from happening to the u.k. embassies around the world and i assure you the u.k. has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you are still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question

a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we supposed to think now percent of the so many countries and organizations have supported ecuador's decision to grant asylum to asuncion including nassau and most of the alba nations in what we did they express their backing to support we have enjoyed has been primarily due to britain's diplomatic clumsiness i hope you will excuse my language but i just cannot find another word to put it is the british threatened us with storming our embassy to arrest mr sun this is what has united all the nations in south america and other continents in their desire to stand behind ecuador confronted as it was with such a barbaric prospect such threats are unacceptable have they been carried out this

would have constituted a violation of one of the fundamental principles of international law the inviolability of diplomatic premises it was this threats rather than our eventual asylum decision that has prompted such widespread support in our favor from the valley varian alliance of the americas and the union of south american nations what do you think could happen in the short term what. the possible scenarios i'm not an astrologist i'm an economist a lot will now depend on the u.k. in sweden our positions remains the same and we are open to dialogue all we want is a guarantee that mr looney face those challenges that were brought against him in sweden and will not be extradited to third countries or they could give him safe passage from the ecuadorian embassy in london. will ecuador stand behind us no matter what consequences might follow once we granted asylum to mr sun he's under the protection of ecuador will do everything to make sure this protection is

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christian of our heads the winner is do not know when the moscow dobby three two a lot more teeth to claim that first point a move off the bottom of the russian premier league. while belated arrival record signing thiago silver is finally unveiled free spending carries sondra man off to playing for brazil at the london olympics. and no checkmate merida's sorry russia's maria kirilenko prepares to take on patrick creative in the final of the new haven open in the final warm up of the us open. the first pope all in christian about headed in the winner is to number one three two at loch a mighty fine in an action packed moscow davita first point of the season and move off the bottom of the russian premier league the visitors took the lead of three times alexander gordon opening off to twelve minutes before my call nobbled to end with a nine second half minute but huge jump which did on my back in front of me and doris with the equalized button about her then snatched the we're now three two and done

for trust you side this time hung on to claim victory and now this exam is needed as they need to hear at home to twice for much time does remain still millo the dropsy in form direct will take on second place spot side later and second bottle rostov host in the last game of the day. well meanwhile ahead of that exciting moscow dobby r.t. spoke exclusively to lokomotiv money just love and village after twice meeting his native croatia to the european championships the forty three year old former defender has now spent a month back in club management and is enjoying the challenge of the russian top flight. this is the job i wanted because i think myself i enjoyed my time big time like because i was the manager of my country and about. i see myself.

more as a club manager more as a coach. and this kind of job it gives you. big opportunities to work with a player some daily basis to choose some players to do some extra with them because you have. time which is precious you know so. that is the biggest difference but if you have to put on the scale. which i prefer. although i told you i would never have a job close enough to the job that i was doing for six years for six years. this is. this is if you're a football man this is it you know. what is in one hand very difficult it makes your job really difficult and really tough but it just ahead it's a great challenge is that the league is very even. ok you have better teams you

have no dead good teams on paper but there are definitely there are no easy games you can clearly see that you have the needs. that the club did that to merge in the last few years and. that they are the class for themselves. they are not guaranteed the points for granted most of them after the need you could not free to not for you to maybe seven or eight. clubs that are very like even but the bottom let's said the bottom eight if you can call it. jeffrey good and good enough. to spoil your plans for going away what i like the most and i didn't expect that is that it's very. it is physically getting one hand but then the referee and everything makes the league very how could i say tidy. there are no

harsh challenges there are no fights on the pitch and it is great for football it's great for football so i'm i'm i'm very happy because in one kind it's great to leak and get. the other hand it's tough but it's that's what i wanted to. it's a great challenge. i'm not thinking about where should i be or where will i be away would i like to be three four two years time i feel that i can save the time i am concentrates on my day in the job on a local and i would like to be here to stay here a very long time because they really like a few of me and all of my stuff i enjoy. while in the first of eight games in the english premier league this saturday swung the house west ham with both sides on

a high following last week's opening victories this one's trying to five nil keep ya last week and are off to a flier again to defensive errors giving them a quick two male lead last weekend the hammers won one a lift home to aston villa the latest take on everton manchester united will also play for them nor each welcome q.p.r. something great we're going to sunderland face reading tottenham host west brom and leaders chelsea will host new calls in the late lunch on sunday champions manchester city go to liverpool understood spite the reds st no opening defeat at west brom manager about who has been cheating he is still wary of his opponents. every game that you play in a few days it is the. that for us will be. a difficult game also because they come from. a game against west brom which are. where probably a day in theirs are to lose by the for the what is strange for these it in that would be. the much as it got that belief and i think you'll see that even most of

this year when you become a champion i think it gives you that wee bit more confidence and knowledge the more we shift to come from two man behind to go all in and get the win which was important for them so we're it was a good game and we know that manchester city have qualities. but i would concentrate more on my own squad and a look at some of the world class players i have and as he said we were not going to be a good game for us. while in the meantime illegal leaders chelsea have continued this spending spree the champions league winners have completed two signings in one day to support the one hundred twenty five million dollars mark twenty one year olds in nigeria striker victimizes has made wigan while twenty two year old spanish fullback. has the right from our side the spray is the largest on the rim and imo which since the russian's arrival at stamford bridge in june two thousand and three . while in france till their service says he has joined perry century wrath of the

quality of their football and not for the money the twenty seven year old brazil the friend that has been officially unveiled several weeks after moving from ac milan the transfer could sets the capital side back a reported french record of over sixty one million dollars but still go says it's the chance to play on the carlo ancelotti that persuaded him to join the mega rich club. parties are more concerned about my work i want to do it in the best possible way and play football mean my family decided to come here because it ties in with my goals i want to write a new page in my history money isn't the priority i'm here to produce good results and to win with my team. now on to tennis and maria kirilenko is one step away from ending her four year title drought after the russian moved into the decider of the new haven open in connecticut the seventh seed was handed a spot in her first final since february after former world number one caroline wozniacki retired due to an injury to her right knee the day and is the four time

defending champion but was forced to pull out after losing the first set seventy five unfortunate first ever defeat for the us they are still in new haven while carrie lanka next face is second seed patrick and no she'll need only energy she saved from perth water semifinal. course you know and you always want to win you for the where you know your son of course of the marriage and there are two sets of three so. you had some very important clues she couldn't continue in the marriage so i didn't the extent of story or get some emotion from the final. now moving on and lance armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles and given a lifetime ban from cycling after he refused to fight drug charges from the u.s. anti-doping agency the agency alleges armstrong used banned substances as far back as nine hundred ninety six and has raised fourteen years of his career the forty year old maintains his innocence but said he'd had enough of contesting accusations equals known since the american retired in two thousand and five after his last

victory but returned between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve on monday he failed in his attempt to block the charges in the us federal court the cancer survivor will now focus on the work done by his own charity while the world anti-doping chief through the americans decision not to fight on. failure to rebut the the charges those very serious charges mean that he's effectively acknowledging that they had substance and that allows he sat under the rules that he always subjected himself to to impose sanctions which they will do and those sanctions are pretty onerous sanctions effectively a lifetime ban and finally two bites of the most of our eyes the way reigning world champion call a strike i was second in friday's free practice session ahead of this weekend's you know what carol moscow staged the world superbikes championship the spaniard came in behind his two can to tweak the needed giuliano at the brand new moscow raceway

on the outskirts of the russian capital current standard max biaggi could only manage nights you see the sportscaster break our psyches can you all knew that the first qualifying session had a grander right and some lows and broke cogs local hero but he nearly on top of niche motor sports was this fall champion check out was pleased with the new track . but i'm not going to go the way it was then i really enjoyed the track our team quickly got used to this local area of the circuit but there are lots of turns and we have no problems with it so i think we'll have a slight advantage over our opponents so hopefully towards rain this weekend and we'll produce our best time.

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