Mexico just ended the diplomatic relations with Ecuador after Ecuador stormed into the Mexican Embassy to arrest former VP Jorge Glas who was seeking asylum there.
This story is interesting and there is a deep rabbit hole.
In 2017, Ecuadorian VP Jorge Glas was sentenced of corruption for alleged bribes involving Brazilian corporation Odebrecht ( Remember their name! it becomes important)
Not long before, Odebrecht again was implicated in the fake corruption scandal involving Lula which was just a judicial coup.
As @BRASILWIRE explains, the Odebrecht scandal seems to selectively target only people who are hostile to US interests in Latin America.
In 2016, Odebrecht was fined by the DOJ for an alleged bribery scheme. In exchange for leniency, they had to cooperate with all DOJ related investigations justice.gov/opa/pr/odebrec…
Once again as @BRASILWIRE explains, under the FCA, US has made an deal with many countries. Anytime, dollars are used in a transaction, the DOJ can support an investigation .
Now, the following leftist politicians we were brought down with the only evidence against them was documents from Odebrecht saying they accepted bribes
Olanta Humala
Look at what we have year...after a 7 year witch-hunt, the Supreme Court found the evidence that Odebrecht gave prosecutors was totally made up.
Jorge Glas has been continuously targeted in a witch-hunt by Ecuador's right-wing regime. In December 2023, he asked for political asylum in Mexico.
Mexico gave him asylum earlier this week.
The climate of repression is harsh. Remember, the only evidence against Jorge Glas is a spreadsheet from Odebrecht.
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#Ratantata just died. We must not let the media white wash his legacy during this period.
It looks like it is time for another one of my threads 🧵
Tata stole tribal lands
After the Bhopal disaster created by Union Carbide killed thousands and left many with lifelong injuries, he helped collaborate with Union Carbide in order to allow them back in India.
If you are wondering who UK's new PM @Keir_Starmer is, wait no further.
This will be an interesting thread.
He grew up working class. Unfortunately, any working class consciousness was erased when he went to the exclusive Reigate Grammar School on Scholarship.
They have been more and more aligned with the Trump camp recently. So, it could be Democrats playing politics
(But, that would mean the Democrats would have to abandon their irritating liberalism)
Maybe if you learned more about Ayatollah Khameini's actions under the brutal US-supported Shah Dictatorship, you wouldn't be waving your jingo-chauvinistic flag
In 1971, Ali Khameinei was placed in the Shah's prisons at the age of 31+