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Latin American Program in the News: Protecting Julian Assange: What’s in it for Ecuador?

Cindy Arnson

Director Cynthia J. Arnson discusses why she thinks Rafael Correa has been so protective of Assange.

Julian Assange, is currently still at the Ecuador Embassy in London, but the UK has threatened to arrest him if he leaves the embassy. Cynthia Arnson, Director of the Latin America Program, was interviewed by CCTV on why she thinks the president of Ecuador has been so protective of Assange.

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Cindy Arnson

Cynthia J. Arnson

Distinguished Fellow and Former Director, Latin America Program
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The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more