Ecuador required WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to clean the bathroom and care for a pet cat while sheltering him in its British embassy. But he broke the rules.
Ecuador’s diplomatic protection of Julian Assange once allowed the small Andean nation’s leftist government to antagonize its U.S. foe and argue that it was defending free speech, while cracking down on the press at home.
But after seven years and a new government, that relationship frayed, as President Lenín Moreno sought to improve Ecuador’s relations with the U.S. After calling the WikiLeaks founder an “inherited problem,” Mr. Moreno on Thursday revoked Mr. Assange’s asylum, allowing his arrest. Officials described him...
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