[Marxism] Ecuador jumps onboard the "posturing" bandwagon over Gaza

["Fred Fuentes" <fred.fuentes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ecuadorian president condemns Israeli offensive in Gaza Strip
Xinhua. January 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/16/content_10667414.htm

QUITO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has
condemned the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, calling for sanctions
against the Jewish state's "crimes against humanity."

"We condemn the massacre the Palestinian people are suffering, "Correa
said Thursday in his second government report to the National
Assembly.

"We have requested a condemnation against Israel with pain, because we
consider it a friend, but we still call for sanctions against its
crimes against humanity," he added.

Correa also said Israel has committed "inadmissible violations of
international law ... and should not embargo food and medicines for
civilians in the Gaza Strip."

He said his government condemns "all kind of colonialist,
neo-colonialist and imperialist practices" and called for the
"democratization of the United Nations (UN)."

However, Quito has not taken any diplomatic measures against Israel,
while Bolivia and Venezuela have severed diplomatic ties with the
Jewish state.

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