[tsukasagenesis]

assange go in jai and 2 days latter IMF approve loan ... seem nice timing there

[lucozade]

And backdated the article about the loan to the 12th March. Very cunning.

Either that or someone has posted a month old article that happens to, topically, mention Ecuador.

[NotPaidToPost]

I think the key is that they have a new President.

Rafael Correa, the former President, was aligned with Venezuela and Chavez.

Lenin Moreno, the new President, has been much more friendly to the US despite his first name...

[eraad]

Please be advised that the news article is dated March 2019. No relation at all.

[cheez]

I have no idea how others on this site think that something that happened as long ago as March 2019 (the loan being approved) and Assange's arrest MORE THAN A WEEK LATER could be related at all.

It's preposterous. It makes no logical sense.

That a country which has not received money from the IMF for more than a decade receives money and a month later, one of the most notorious fugitives holed up in said country's embassy is arrested.

I cannot fathom why anyone would think these two things that temporally happened MORE THAN A WEEK APART would be related AT ALL.

Shameful.

[crankylinuxuser]

I'm sure.. Because the IMF backed states didn't consider that, and put a time-delay for the request of ousting...

[onetimemanytime]

No relation at all might be the case but a "wink and a nod" exists and has existed. Break the agreement and IMF will bring hell upon you.

So, it's quite possible that US and Ecuador planned this a few months apart to look unrelated. US diplomats aren't shy at all...

[cheez]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/politics/manafort-assa...

[MagnumOpus]

The loan was agreed on the 21st of February. The article is from March.

[timrichard]

Certainly more plausible than him not keeping his room tidy.