Ricardo Patiño Aroca, Ecuador’s foreign minister, is holding a press conference in 10 minutes time.

[MgtPA]

"I will give a press conference at 7 pm. in Melia hotel, Hanoi. You are invited."

He seems to be in Hanoi.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/edward-snowden-booked-on-plane-from-moscow-to-havana-live-coverage

[Catherina]

1. Live NOW on RT.com and BBC soon. Link

Anonymous ekspct ?@ekspct 24s

#Ecuador Foreign Minister on Edward #Snowden asylum bid BBC #LIVE stream http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23032328 #RunSnowdenRun

and RT ?@RT_com 1m

WATCH LIVE: Ecuadorian FM Ricardo Patino speaking on #Snowden asylum bid http://rt.com/on-air/

[Catherina]

2. Ecuador FM is reading Snowden's asylum application, addressed to President Correa n/t

[Catherina]

3. Snowden in his asylum application to Ecuadors cites cases of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wiki

#Snowden in his asylum application to Ecuadors cites cases of Bradley #Manning, Julian #Assange, #Wikileaks as examples of US persecution.

[Catherina]

4. Some snippets. Socking it to our hypocrisy as I listen

Snippets are from the UK Guardian Live blog

less than 1m ago

Patino says all the citizens in the world have been affected by the US surveillance programmes revealed by Snowden.

less than 1m ago

In the last few days the word treason has been mentioned, he says. We have to ask who has betrayed whom?

1m ago

Snowden finds himself persecuted by those who should be providing information to the world about what Snowden has revealed, he says.

2m ago

Snowden also feels he will not receive a fair trial, Patino says.

He says Ecuador will act according to the framework of human rights and international law.

Ecuador places principles of the universal declaration of human rights above its own interests, he says.

3m ago

Ricardo Patino Arocam, the Ecuadoran foreign minister, is speaking now.

He is noting Wikileaks source Bradley Manning's "cruel and inhuman treatment" by the US.

[MgtPA]

5. "Snowden also feels he will not receive a fair trial, Patino says."

"In the last few days the word treason has been mentioned, he says. We have to ask who has betrayed whom?

Snowden finds himself persecuted by those who should be providing information to the world about what Snowden has revealed, he says.

He says Ecuador will act according to the framework of human rights and international law."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/edward-snowden-booked-on-plane-from-moscow-to-havana-live-coverage

[Catherina]

6. More snippets from the Guardian

1m ago

Patino opens the press conference up to questions.

1m ago

Snowden, as we all know, arrived in Russia, Patino says. The Ecuadoran government has maintained respectful and diplomatic contact with Russia and has informed it Ecuador is considering Snowden's asylum request.

2m ago

Patino says the right of asylum is recognised by the Ecuadoran constitution.

But there are also important rules of international law we will have to evaluate, he says.

The UN protects the right to privacy and from abuse by technology, he says.

Every human being has the right to freedom of speech, Patino says, and this includes not being attacked for exercising one's rights.

He refers to the US fourth and fifth amendments on these topics.

5m ago

Ecuador's constitution says it will guarantee the safety of people who publish opinions through the media and work in any form of communication, he says. No human being will be considered illegal because of his immigration status, Patino says. We do not do that in Ecuador.

[marions ghost]

15. The chickens come home...

No human being will be considered illegal because of his immigration status, Patino says. We do not do that in Ecuador.

[idwiyo]

7. K&R

[Catherina]

8. Ecuador FM says US have not followed some of Ecuador's requests for extradition of bankers

Mathieu von Rohr ?@mathieuvonrohr 10s

Ecuador FM says US have not followed some of Ecuador's requests for extradition of bankers in the past #Snowden

[1-Old-Man]

9. How could we possibly turn over a banker to them? We don't lock bankers up.

If there is one thing we do not have in our prisons, ready to turn over to any aggrieved country requesting extradition, its bankers.

[Catherina]

10. +1 n/t

[idwiyo]

13. +2

[Catherina]

11. Patino says the US sent Ecuador a communication. They're *analyzing it* lol.

Patiño: Sabemos que embajador de #EEUU envio un comunicado a la Cancilleria sobre #Snowden, analizaremos el documento http://actualidad.rt.com/en_vivo

[MgtPA]

12. Lol indeed!

[idwiyo]

14. Wonder if they are LOLing or ROFTLOLing while they are "analysing" it.

[Catherina]

17. The gall, the brazen gall of our government is unbelievable.

Everyone who's followed Latin America closely knows how many terrorists are being harbored in the US. Big ones too like Luis Posada Carriles who blew up Cuban flight 455.

Most of them are hanging around in Miami living the good life.

And then there are people like Goni, the US-backed Bolivian President with a strange American accent, who looted his country and fled to the US with the riches. How many times has Bolivia asked for his extradition?

The whole ALBA bloc is ROFTLOLing.

[idwiyo]

19. Oh, never mind THAT! How DARE you to compare those courageous Freedom Fighters and Defenders

of Democracy with the likes of Snowden! Those people COOPERATED with CIA! Why didn't Snowden do the same?

There! Now go and hang your head in shame!





PS

[Autumn]

16. Who has betrayed whom? That is indeed the question.

rec

[geek tragedy]

18. Was there ever any doubt that Ecuador would grant him asylum?

I mean, they didn't even need to read the application.