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Ecuador sheltering Assange is more about Ecuador having a stronger bargaining chip with the US in future deals than anything else.

> Ecuador sheltering Assange is more about Ecuador having a stronger bargaining chip with the US in future deals than anything else.

Assange was denied asylum in France, continues living in the Ecuador embassy in the UK.

Snowden was going to Ecuador only after he went public, because at that point it was about politics, not black ops.

All the while, Julian Assange hangs out at the Ecuador Embassy, ready for the taking.

FYI: Snowden was trying to get to Ecuador when Russia trapped him in Moscow.

Would Ecuador go to war over such an act?

If Snowden went to Ecuador from the start, I'd have a much easier time believing that what he was doing was for good-will.

As a kid we lived in Ecuador for a few years.

I'd be willing to guess that Ecuador would turn Assange over to the US in a hot minute if the getting was good for them.

> Ecuador isn't some bastion of liberty It never helped establish dictatorships in other countries, so it has that going for it.

I'm also quite sure Ecuador wouldn't wanna shelter a rapist.

Ecuador mints coins (1, 5, 10, 25, 50¢) which are the same shape as US ones, and interchangeable in Ecuador.

Ecuador would not be very different from Thailand, and you wouldn't worry about time difference to U.

Ecuador also uses the US dollar as currency, cash machines dispense $20s and $50s.