assange, said that he would enjoy living in ecuador. >> i respect the will make the decision in the best interest of julien, human rights, and his countrylike to live a life close to nature. if he were to come here, i think he would love it. >> ecuador's foreign minister bowed to wait until the end of the olympic games to announce the decision. he said ecuador had invited swedish authorities to question assange in ecuador which could give him an opportunity to avoid extradition, but it was discovered that sweden had turned down the offer. ecuador has not decided whether it is inclined to grant political asylum, but president rafael correa recently spoke to julian assange and praised him for his work. >> president correa, why did you want us to release all of the cables? >> if you do not owe anything, we have nothing to fear. we have nothing to hide. your wikileaks have made us stronger, related to the excessive nationalism accused by us. >> if assange is granted asylum, he will become a resident of latin america, where the cables he disseminated have generated hundreds of headlines. one year after thousands of cables on latin america we