Author: Riccardo Arredondo

Riccardo Arredondo is a journalist for daily Argentinian newspaper Clarín.

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Ecuador-Mexico: Storming An Embassy Is The “Nuclear Option” Of Diplomatic Asylum

Photo of protesters outside the Ecuador Embassy in Mexico, after the police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito, Ecuador.
Protests outside the Ecuador Embassy in Mexico, after the police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito, Ecuador.

Ecuador’s forced entry into Mexico’s embassy has been roundly condemned, but its worst effect in Latin America may be to undermine a regional tradition of dissidents seeking protection in an embassy in their country.

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