Rafael Correa President of Ecuador
Correa Was to be Assassinated by CIA Before Elections
8 January,
20:48
Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa says that he is being targeted for assassination by
the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and judging from all available
information it is almost a given that he is right. The reasons are many:
oil, trade, exploitation of resources, geopolitical ambitions, military and
strategic positioning, foreign policy objectives, regional alliances and
once again that name comes up: Julian Assange. If Correa knows everything
Assange does he is definitely walking around with crosshairs on his head.
Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa has stated that a plot to assassinate him has been
uncovered and that the timeline calls for him to be killed prior to the
upcoming elections. His assassination is part of a CIA plot to destabilize
the entire region.
Given the
long and sordid history of the CIA in Latin America and the almost countless
cases of assassination, regime changes and propping up dictators throughout
Latin America, Correa’s claim is not only believable but also almost a given
when we look at a few of the things he has and has not done for and against
the all powerful US interests.
When I
began investigating for this article I was surprised at the number of
witnesses and sources that have disappeared or had “strange” problems
preventing them from getting evidence to the public, but of course that is
not unusual, what is unusual here is the sheer number.
The most
egregious “sins” Correa is guilty of are the closing of the US Manta
Military Base and the eviction of all US forces and the subsequent offering
of the base to China and the granting of political asylum to WikiLeaks
co-founder Julian Assange.
For
Correa, if he is right, the clock is ticking. Ecuadorians go to the polls on
February 17 less than a month and a half from now. Reportedly his life will
be at greatest risk when campaigning begins and after he registers to run,
on January 15th until the actual election, unless of course Correa becomes
afraid and decides to not run and hides in the shadows, something which is
highly unlikely.
The latest
information about a plot to assassinate Correa came from a Chilean
journalist named Patricio Mery Bell who was investigating an alleged
$88-million drug-money-funded CIA plot to destabilize the Ecuadorian
government and the region.
Correa has
also become a pain in the neck for the US as he often maintains the same
stance on issues as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, currently battling
with a strangely coincidental case of cancer.
Another
huge sin by Correa is that, just like Muammar Gaddafi, he has reduced
poverty in his country, increased the standard of living for all citizens,
expanded democracy and while doing all of this has maintained an independent
political and economic stance. Like Libya, Cuba, Iraq before the invasion
and other countries where social democratic and socialist systems were
growing and prospering, Ecuador’s societal model can not be allowed to stand
as it contradicts US propaganda and capitalist interests.
Ecuador is
also one of Latin America’s largest oil exporters and rejoined OPEC in 2007,
and like Iraq and Libya is diversifying its trade and hard currency reserves
away from the dollar. Something both Hussein and Gaddafi did days before
their countries were invaded.
So the
reasons for the CIA assassinating Correa are many and obvious, if he can be
replaced by a US leaning puppet, the US can exploit Ecuador’s oil, enable
the exploitation of the population by US corporate and business interests,
further undermine other countries and leaders in the region, expand its
influence, regain its lost military position and bases, important for
logistical support for covert missions and illicit trade, and lastly evict
Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
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