Ecuador: President Correa asserts U.S. trying to destablilize the government

newsmax.com reported Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa on Saturday accused the United States of trying to destabilize his government, by infiltrating it with spies. The 51-year-old economist trained in the US has faced opposition protests as he seeks constitutional changes that would allow him to seek re-election next year to another four-year term. “There has been infiltration here, by the CIA to wear down the government,” Correa, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, said in his weekly address. Maduro has repeatedly claimed that the United States is trying to topple his government.

Analysts say Maduro makes the charge, denied by Washington, to deflect attention from economic crisis there. While Ecuador’s growth has slowed, it is not in crisis like Venezuela. Maduro has moved toward a centrally planned system increasingly similar to that of its top regional ally, communist Cuba. Read Article

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