Public meeting: Celebrating Ecuador’s Citizens’ Revolution - No to intervention

Tuesday 12 February, 7pm, Bolivar Hall, 54–56 Grafton Way, London, W1T 5DL (Nearest tube Warren St).
Speakers include:
• José María Guijarro, adviser to the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister
• Robin Blackburn, author and writer who recently interviewed President Correa for New Left Review

UPDATE: Correa speaks out after Ecuador coup defeated

The military has freed Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa and the attempted coup in Ecaudor against the elected government is over. Troops loyal to Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa have freed him from the military hospital where he was previously held hostage by right-wing coup police.

Right wing coup defeated in Ecuador‏

Prensa Latina reports that overnight Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has triumphantly addressed the nation from the balcony of the Presidential Palace, after being rescued by elite soldiers from the Metropolitan Police Hospital, where he had been sequestered by reactionary elements in the police:

Threat to the new Latin American Order-Attempted coup against Ecuadorean government‏

Initial reports today inform that sections of the Ecuadorean Police are staging street demonstrations, ostensibly for economic demands but in reality trying to subvert the legal order, including through trying to occupy the National Parliament. Additionally, in open revolt against the government, some police officers have taken illegal control over their police stations.