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