Ecuador bans German PM’s into country, claim delegates visit would create skewed image of country’s reality

Posted on December 8, 2014 • Filed under: Ecuador, Enviromental Issues, Europe, Oil

DW.DE reported Ecuador’s government has banned a group of German MPs from entering the country. The official reason: miscommunication – but the government is also unhappy with the politicians’ plans to meet anti-government activists.
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The Ecuador government has banned a group of German MPs from entering the country. The official reason: miscommunication – but the government is also unhappy with the politicians’ plans to meet anti-government activists.
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Only a few days before the trip – which had been planned for the beginning of December, the Ecuadorian government has forbidden members of the German parliament’s environment committee from entering their country.

In a press release, the Ecuadorian embassy said the delegates’ travel program had not been approved by Ecuador because it was “imbalanced,” and would have promoted biased communication with political opponents of the government and would thus have created a skewed image of Ecuadorian reality. Read Article

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