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Administration Should Oppose Any Attempted Coup in Ecuador: CEPR
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<p><b>For Immediate Release:</b> September 30, 2010<br><b>Contact:
</b>Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460</p>
<p><b>Washington, D.C.</b> - There are currently reports of a
possible attempted coup d'etat underway in Ecuador. There have been
violent protests by police and some elements of the military,
reports that President Correa has been injured, and reports that the
air force has closed down a number of airports.<br><br>The
Organization of American States will convene an emergency meeting at
2:30 Eastern Standard Time in Washington D.C., to consider the
situation.<br><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FkZ7OYhFSckkcC10uyS%2BZN9dKyfaqw1a" target="_blank"><br>Mark
Weisbrot</a>, Co-Director of the Center For Economic and Policy
Research, called upon President Obama to state unequivocally that
the United States will not recognize any government other than the
democratically elected government of President Rafael
Correa.<br><br>Weisbrot noted that the White House statement of June
28, 2009, in response to the military coup in Honduras, did
not make any such assertion, and in fact <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ximAW0Gsk7MUdw9fNu5yot9dKyfaqw1a" target="_blank">did
not even condemn the coup</a>.<br><br>"These types of statements are
very important, in that the people who are trying to overthrow a
democratic government are looking for signs of whether a coup
government will be recognized by the United States. The first White
House statement last year in response to the Honduran military coup
sent the wrong signal at a crucial moment."<br><br>At the Summit of
the Americas in Trinidad in April 2009, President Obama stated: "I
just want to make absolutely clear that I am absolutely opposed and
condemn any efforts at violent overthrows of democratically elected
governments, wherever it happens in the hemisphere.<br><br>"This is
an important time for President Obama to live up to this
commitment," said Weisbrot.</p>
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