Ecuador’s Ambassador to U.S. responds to Newsweek article

Newsweek.com reported…Earlier this month, Newsweek published a story on a tribal dispute in Ecuador. What follows is a letter to the editor from Nathalie Cely, Ecuador’s ambassador in the United States, and a response from the story’s reporter, Bethany Horne.

Dear Editor,

Your article on conflicts between indigenous groups in Ecuador (“After All the People We Killed, We Felt Dizzy”) contains a number of grossly misleading and inaccurate statements, and it is clear that the author–who you fail to mention is an anti-government activist within Ecuador, hardly an independent judge- has a predetermined agenda that tarnishes the credibility of the piece. Read Article

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