The lower Manhattan skyline on April 27, 2012. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Three men forced Queens accounting company owner Pedro Portugal into an SUV in broad daylight on April 18, then hid him in a warehouse in Long Island City, Queens.
QUITO, Ecuador — South America isn’t known for being accessible for the disabled. If Ecuador’s vice president, Lenin Moreno, has his way, that’s about to change.
Ontario Superior Court Justice David Brown agreed to hear the case but was skeptical of whether he could issue a ruling since an appeal is pending in Ecuador's constitutional court.
Their relationship started with an interview and blossomed into asylum. Now Julian Assange could get a new lease on Ecuador's support as President Rafael Correa seeks a third term.
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is running for a third term in the South American country’s February 2013 election, and he will probably win. It’s a sign that Julian Assange — the Aussie WikiLeaks founder holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London since June — has proved he can make allies with staying power.
QUITO — About 50 protesters gathered outside the British Embassy on Sunday to protest against the UK in the continuing saga over Julian Assange, who is currently holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London after being denied safe passage to Quito by the British government.
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