Ecuador, Argentina expel envoys amid diplomatic clash
The Hindu
Both Ecuador and Argentina have expelled each other's Ambassador as a result of their disagreement over the handling of María Angeles Duarte, who served in the Cabinet of then Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.
Argentina and Ecuador are in a diplomatic clash after a former Ecuadorian Cabinet Minister who had been convicted of corruption and taken refuge with the Argentine Ambassador escaped from Ecuador’s capital of Quito to Venezuela
Both countries have expelled each other's Ambassador as a result of their disagreement over the handling of María Angeles Duarte, who served in the Cabinet of then Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.
Ms. Duarte had been living in the residence of the Argentine Ambassador in Quito with her Argentine son since August 2020 to avoid serving an eight-year corruption sentence. Argentina had offered Ms. Duarte political asylum, but Ecuador refused to grant her safe passage.
Argentina told Ecuador on Monday that Ms. Duarte was no longer in the Quito residence, saying she had left of her own accord. It was later revealed that she left on Friday.
Ecuador did not hide its anger, summoning Argentina’s Ambassador, Gabriel Fuks, and telling him to leave the country. Argentina followed suit and ordered the expulsion of Ecuador’s Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Xavier Monge.
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín told lawmakers that “there was complicity” from Argentina in Ms. Duarte’s escape. Mr. Holguín said there were “inconsistencies” in what Mr. Fuks told Ecuadorian authorities, leading the government to conclude he could no longer be trusted.
Argentina accused Ecuador of escalating the disagreement, “taking it to a level that damages the bilateral relationship.” It said it was being blamed for the “ineffectiveness of the Ecuadorian authorities” that allowed Ms. Duarte to leave undetected. It said Ms. Duarte was not a prisoner of its embassy in Quito.
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