
Ecuador is massively reliant on an economic agreement with the United States, to the tune of almost a hundred thousand jobs I read somewhere. The United States would probably find it far easier in the long run to get their claws on him there than from Sweden.
Rafael Correa won't be in office forever. A far more US friendly President could get elected and simply hand him over, or even covertly co-operate with a US military operation to get Julian Assange.
( , Tue 21 Aug 2012, 19:01, Reply)

On top of that he does know it's in his interest to have the rape charges cleared and I can imagine he will work towards this as mouch as he can outside of sweden.
( , Tue 21 Aug 2012, 19:05, Reply)

well, he's chosen a bloody peculiar strategy.
* Note that he hasn't been charged because charge follows arrest.
( , Tue 21 Aug 2012, 19:42, Reply)

and did he ever think about this in the first place?
If you seriously piss off governments around the world what did he honestly think wouldn't happen?
( , Tue 21 Aug 2012, 20:03, Reply)