This publication weighs in on the aftermath of the United States ambassador’s expulsion from Ecuador:
The only thing more incongruous than the Ecuadorean government’s statement that they hoped that their recent expulsion of U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges wouldn’t harm U.S.-Ecuador relations is that the Obama administration apparently hopes it doesn’t either. Days after President Rafael Correa kicked Ambassador Hodges out of the country, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño called Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela to discuss the matter (including the reciprocal expulsion of the Ecuadorean ambassador in Washington). In describing the conversation, an Ecuadorean official said the two confirmed “the political will of both parties to reach a solution to the diplomatic impasse.”
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