Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has voiced his concern over the imminent extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from Britain to the United States to stand trial for espionage. Lula insisted Assange's arrest was against freedom of the press and the defense of democracy.
Ecuadorian authorities Saturday denied that a recent debt swap through the creation of the Galapagos Life Fund (GLF) trust entailed the loss of sovereignty over the Galapagos Islands as a newspaper claimed.