Ecuador News

Quito - Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, said on Monday that the UK, through its inaction, is making a serious mistake by keeping Julian Assange trapped in the country's embassy in London.

In the continuing saga of “Where’s Edward" (Snowden), one of the most dramatic scenarios played out recently when a jet carrying Bolivia’s President Evo Morales had to make an unplanned stop in Vienna, Austria.

Quito - Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño revealed at a news conference in Quito that a hidden spy microphone had been uncovered in the office of the Ecuadorian ambassador to London, Ana Alban.

US Vice President Joe Biden has personally asked Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, to reject the asylum request by Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower.

Quito - Edward Snowden, the whistleblower on US secret surveillance, has still been unable to arrange asylum in Ecuador. President Correa of Ecuador has revoked Snowden's temporary travel document.

As the Edward Snowden mystery-thriller continues, Ecuador has renounced trade benefits, which the US had threatened to revoke. The Latin American country offered funding for human rights education for Americans instead.

Quito - Ecuador is facing heavy criticism in the US media for potentially granting political asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has responded with scalding online remarks.

Moscow - The whereabouts of former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden remain uncertain. But with Ecuador saying it is considering Snowden's application for asylum, US authorities say he is likely still in Russia.

On Monday, Julian Assange confirmed that Edward Snowden was "in a safe place" together with Sarah Harrison, a WikiLeaks representative. RT interviewed Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks representative in Iceland, on the story.

Moscow - While mystery currently surrounds the location of the NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, reportedly heading to Cuba for onward travel to Ecuador, but not seen on the plane, we hear that he is safe and well. Updated with video.