...who writes in the Expreso and thinks he
knows about economics. And he knows some,
he's somewhat informed, but he's a Libertarian,
so his ideology clouds him, makes him lose
objectivity. Ok. Let's see how the attacks
of the international press continue against
the Citizen's Revolution. This is the "free
press" of Capitalism. They have their media
outlets, and yes, if there's a traffic accident,
in the end, maybe they can inform you objectively,
if a train derails, or a hurricane.
But when it comes to political or social economy, or
challenges to the System, they are never going
to inform you objectively, they are propaganda
machines that try to annihilate anyone who
dares to defy the System. Let's look at the
"report", between quotation marks, because
it's a bunch of lies, from the extreme right
wing magazine Newsweek, about Ecuador and
basically about the massacre of our Taromenane
brothers. Do we have this one on video? Ok,
let's roll the clip. The north American right
wing magazine Newsweek, with a total lack
of profesisonal ethics, open to lies and attacking
the government for being left wing, publishes
on its pages a completely wrong news story
about the conflict between people of the Taromenane
and the Huaorani tribes, and the supposed
kidnapping of two girls. The magazine, with
malice, wants there to be talk of a "massacre,"
when no dead bodies are yet to be found. Despite
this, the magazine titles the article "After
All the People We Killed, We Felt Dizzy."
Yellow journalism, in its maximum expression!
This is the freedom of expression of Capital.
Within the article, the magazine writes: The
facts regarding this horrific incident were
widely known across Ecuador by early April,
but eight months went by before the government
even acknowledged them." Lies! The government
never hid the facts. It lent its complete
support to the investigation that was carried
out by the Attorney General. The government
even formed a top-notch commission to clarify
the events that occurred. It is then written:
"President Rafael Correa downplayed whatever
happened that bloody day in March as just
one of many conflicts between the tribes."
Lies! The President of Ecuador Never said
such things. What is written in this right
wing publication Newsweek is a complete calumny.
A collection of imprecisions that completely
miss the truth. The magazine continues to
add to the lies: "Correa ordered the arrest
of six Huaorani were arrested, and now face
charges of genocide ... Without warning, the
Ecuadorean government snatched the girls back."
Lies! The Attorney General is who solicits
judicial orders from a judge, who is then
in charge of issuing it or not, the order
to detain a person. The President Rafael Correa
cannot order the arrest of any citizen. Also,
the government did not kidnap the girls, as
the article writes with bad intentions. It
was the Attorney General who Rescued one Taromenane
girl from the hands of her kidnappers. Let
it be said, by the way, that those kidnappers
were the ones who had murdered her parents.
The article adds: "when Cabodevilla was ready
to publish his book about the massacre, someone
from the attorney general's office sought
an injunction to forbid its publication ... the
short-lived ban confirmed what many suspected:
the government was ashamed of the massacre."
Lies! It was the People's Ombudsman's Office
who solicited measures from a judge to prohibit
the circulation of the book A Hidden Tragedy.
It was the Ombudsman's Office. The government
never forbade the circulation of the book.
The North American right wing magazine Newsweek,
with a total lack of professional ethics,
deceives and lies bald-facedly, to try to
hurt a worthy and sovereign government. The
free expression of Capital. Cynicism and lies,
verified. That's the Anglo Saxon free expression
that they want to impose on us. They're their
vaues that they want to impose them universally
on us. The freedom of Capital to do what it
wishes, to lie, to attack, because we are
left wing. Newsweek does a report that it
totally wrong. I do believe that there was
a massacre, by the way, even though no bodies
have been found. But that we tried to hide
it, why? Yes, the title of the book by Miguel
Angel Cabodevilla. I read that book. It was
of a very low quality, honestly. To begin
with, there was a large quantity of footnotes,
which is always a disrespect to the author,
I mean disrespect to the reader. Laziness
of the author who instead of incorporating
the information in the text so that it flows,
no, he makes the reader do the work every
so often to interrupt their reading and go
look at the footnotes. Contradictions, unfounded
speculation: that if they had done this, then
there wouldn't have been this ... Come on,
we did what was possible, maybe we should
have done more, we are investigating. But
can they guarantee that one could have avoided
the vengeance of the Huaorani? These are extremely
difficult things, that it's not that they're
been treated, they've been mistreated. These
Srs. from Newsweek say I've tried to hide
the massacre, that even though I've named
a commission to investigate all this. The
main error, that Correa took eight months
to investigate, these people should find out
that within the structure of Ecuadorian State,
the investigating entity is the Attorney General.
I was actually upset with how long it took
them, the AG, to investigate. That "Correa
ordered the arrest of six Huaorani" - That
these people should find out that I can't
order the arrest of anybody. Maybe if there's
a contravention, yes, but for the investigation
of a crime, no. That's something the Attorney
General asks for and the judge orders it.
That "Correa kidnapped two girls," or "the
government kidnapped two girls" ... can you
see the bad faith there? That's something
the Attorney General did. And they RESCUED
one girl, who was in the hands of the people
who had kidnapped her and killed her family.
That girl is not in a different Huaorani community,
safe, protected by the Ecuadorian state. That
the government stopped, due to its embarrassment
about the massacre, that the Hidden Tragedy
book circulate. That was the Ombudsman office,
when the ombudsperson wasn't even in the country,
it was a decision of the second in command.
I found out because the President of the National
Assembly calls me. But do you realize? Probably,
Newsweek got this information from some hater
of the government. But it's Newsweek fault.
Because they have to contrast the information.
Newsweek is lying. So, Ecuadorians, the only
way to in some way mitigate this false freedom
of expression that isn't anything but the
freedom of Capital to do whatever it wants
to, is with a citizen reaction. So. We are
going to send the following Twitter to Newsweek
with a link so that they find out the truth
, so that they don't do yellow journalism.
Because even the photo is scandalous, right,
and what does the photo have to do with the
Taromenane? But that's the level of this magazine.
So that they come to Ecuador, find out about
the institutions in the country, find out
everything that we are doing, and don't speak
so much nonsense and open lies, mistakes,
montruous imprecisions, such as attributing
the investigation t the government, when who
investigates the crimes, in the judicial organization
of Ecuador, is the Attorney General. Even
those such elementary mistakes this magazine
has, probably a product that some bad faith
person send them the information, one of the
contrarians that are in Ecuador. But it's
the magazine's fault. They should contrast
the information, ask for the other version,
but this is the freedom of expression of Capital.
Freedom, with their money, to try to sink
anyone who opposes their vision and their
interests. And with their media power, try
to discredit a president just because I don't
submit to the same as ever. They're not going
to accomplish it. But so that they're a little
more decent, and professional quality, we're
going to send them the following Twitter,
with a link so that they find out about the
truth, and are a little more ethical and professional.
Here we are, sending it to @Newsweek. And
I hope that thousands, tens of thousands of
citizens can replicate this Twitter, to that
these people know that despite their millions,
despite their power, they are being watched
by the human beings, by the citizens, and
we will not permit their lies remain in impunity.
Here goes the Twitter. And that takes us to
a link, show the previous slide, where it
says, for example: why don't you come to Ecuador?
Also evidence of their double moral, right?
Because they talk about Yasuni, and the Taromenane,
saying I have the whole country against me,
because nobody is in favour of drilling responsibly
in the Yasuni. Let them come and find out
the truth. Let them find out the results of
the next elections on February 23. The biggest
truth that can exist. And the great question:
how much virgin rainforest exists in United
States? How many uncontacted groups exist
in United States? Don't be audacious. Don't
expect from others what you never expected
from yourselves. Let's continue. (musical
interlude) We also say to this corrupt press,
where freedom of expression isn't for human
but for capital, for money, that's the freedom
of expression they defend: your article is
imprecise and it deceives. Come to Ecuador,
and do some investigation because you publish
so much nonsense. It says there: those in
charge of the investigation aren´t the government,
rather the Attorney General. That it's the
Attorney General who orders the rescue of
the Taromenane girl, not both girls, one girl.
That the government never denied the conflict,
that's a lie. Let's continue. Stop your hypocrisy.
Next, please. There's no more, just that?
Ok. It won't be left in impunity this corrupt
press, national or international, and how?
With the reaction of citizens. All of us:
to reproduce the Twitter. The Newsweek article
is a calumny, entirely. Probably, insist,
one of the same embittered contrarians of
always, a permanent hater, from Ecuador sent
the article, so it's not an investigative
article but an opposition article, but it's
the magazine's fault. It has to contrast the
information, like any journalism ethics would
demand. They present any foolishness, and
make it say senseless things, things totally
wrong and far from the truth. And who are
these people? Well, let's see another example
of the powers we have to go against. And the
funniest thing, they say nothing is happening.
Thanks to a wonderful investigation by the
Telegrafo newspaper... (goes on to next story)