Ecuador: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: QUITO - Even as Ecuador contemplates offering asylum to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, there are few signs on the streets that the small South American nation is at the center of a global dispute between superpowers, according to Reuters. But the country is hardly on guard for a diplomatic fire storm and By Brian Ellsworth and Alexandra Valencia Taking in Snowden would mark the second time in a year that Ecuador has defied the West, following its decision in August to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy despite furious objections by Britain. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.