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Former Ecuadorian President Blasts Successor For Lifting Assange’s Asylum: ‘The Greatest Traitor’

Paul Bois

The arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday has created a divide among some Ecuadorian officials, some of whom feel the country’s president betrayed the controversial figure by lifting his asylum.

According to The Washington Times, former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa blasted his successor, Lenin Moreno, as a “traitor” for handing Assange over to British authorities.

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