"The weekend has been good for Ecuador take a break after the police revolt that put in jeopardy the government of President Rafael Correa on Thursday and Friday a day of frantic meetings of the Cabinet, the funeral of the 13 killed in clashes and looting throughout the country, and announcements of the first arrests of police. The image of a large group of army officers quietly eating breakfast at a downtown hotel in Quito was the best barometer of the capital. - "All quiet, no? -" For now, all calm, "he said with a lopsided grin as a sergeant in camouflage jersey featuring the name Salguero.
President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa has accused the opposition of trying to overthrow a coup and has confirmed it is exploring the possibility of dissolving parliament amid protests policiales.El president has said that the protesters, who have been accused of treason and conspiracy , attempted to assault him and care needed médica.Un group of soldiers took control of Quito's main airport and hundreds of police officers are protesting on the streets as the president to dissolve Congress studied by blocking an austerity law that reaches the security forces. -
The "for now" that drops the military are the two words that most concern Ecuadorians to live after a day of fury that reminded many supported by the country in the last 13 years and ended with the mandates of eight presidents. Correa may have been the ninth. But not joined the list because there was a coup in any other rule or because it was but the president, unlike his predecessors, was able overcome the situation thanks to the popular support and international? This is the big question in Ecuador.
For President Correa is clear that it was a coup, and most ordinary Ecuadorians support this vision. Just ask the first taxi driver or trader do not intersect or surveys that makes TV on the street to feel that the public will come again to rescue belt if necessary. The conviction also stems from the strong campaign official has insisted the coup from the very moment the President arrived Thursday morning at Quito's main police station to talk to the players in their wage claims. He left there by force and injured in the same knee that just days before he had surgery.
State television constantly shows images of the five bullets that hit the terrain which Correa was evacuated from the hospital Thursday and was held 11 hours of videos related to political participation Patriotic Society Party, the second political force led by former military coup leader and former President Lucio Gutierrez, a staunch enemy of Correa. Do not forget that the current president took part in the civil rebellion, known as the outlaws, who drove Gutierrez from power in 2005. The former president responded to Correa's accusations, saying it is true that what the Government wants to see out, but by the ballot. And to further tighten the soap opera, a sister of Gutierrez published a letter in the newspaper El Universo to demand respect for their family and say that Gutierrez's daughter and a cousin of it, both military men, had participated in the rescue operation of the president on Thursday.
"When the coup fails them their strategy to destabilize the government, give way to plan B, which was to kill the president," Correa insisted in an interview on public television on Friday night. Other evidence that the president brings to prove it was a revolt planned are the death threats by phone that his wife reached him. "We track these phones and the cards were cloned, indicating clearly premeditated," said Correa. Apart from the tracks provided by the Executive, the most powerful to ensure the thesis of the coup was the seizure of Quito airport, a strategic location. In a country with a long tradition coup, no one escapes that a move like that appears in the manual index revolt.
In closing the airport also fits the alleged "black hand" of the U.S. put forward by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the UNASUR summit held in Buenos Aires to condemn the coup. And, according to Correa, the military air force was taking the track for the fight against drugs and have always responded to the embassy U.S. before the government. "This coup attempt has not yet passed at all.'s Overcome the situation, but we can not trust us, you may have a rebound and these cells are to be found and destroyed. There is concern, the roots of the coup attempt are still some people" said Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino after the cabinet meeting on Friday. About the same time, expanded the police clearance that began with the resignation of chief Freddy Martinez, ordered the arrest of three senior officers from the barracks Quito 1 and confiscated all the recordings of the places where major clashes occurred to identify for more suspects.
The Government's desire to fit everything in the shot format breeds distrust of critics about what really happened. For the analyst Alfonso Oramas what happened was a "blunt" attack on democracy and an attack "intolerable" against the president. But at the same time, Correa argues that if agents had defied the situation had gone from a labor dispute. "The president's speech tense, lack of information from the Government on the degree of discomfort from the police and open flirtation of some politicians and military uprising fired a preventable crisis, "said Oramas.
Francisco Latorre, advisor and personal friend of Correa, confirms that the decision to go in person to Quito Regiment was the president. That is what led to some of the harshest criticism against the Executive. The retired Army general Galo Monteverde, quoted by the newspaper El Comercio, said that there was a coup but a police rebellion. "police and military unrest takes two years and ministers should have been responsible for solving it, "according to the military.
analyst Adrian Bonilla adds another factor to rule out the coup, that it was never considered replacing the president as has been customary in rebellion since 1997. On the contrary, Vice President Lenin Moreno said immediately that he would not relieve the president while he was besieged by rebel officers in the hospital where he went after he escaped from the barracks. For some, this shows that there was a coup planned for others is what makes the coup no choice but to surrender. For all, it is too early to venture if Correa emerged stronger or weakened by the crisis. "
Fernando Gualdoni for" The Country " Madrid. October 2, 2010
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