Colombia Offers Asylum to Ecuador's Opposition Leaders Following Noboa’s Blacklist Leak

Colombia Offers Asylum to Ecuador's Opposition Leaders Following Noboa’s Blacklist Leak

Just hours after a leaked list—comprising 100 Ecuadorians who are de facto barred from leaving the country, including members of the leftist Citizen Revolution movement, critics of the Noboa government, and even journalists—became public, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that his government “will grant asylum to anyone who arrives on Colombian soil.” On Wednesday, after acknowledging the existence of the blacklist of oppositio…

Journalist Orlando Pérez, correspondent for Diario Red in Ecuador, received death threats through social networks after issuing criticisms against political power figures in Ecuador. This case adds to the long list of communicators who have been threatened and forced into exile