...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)