Ricardo Patiño Aroca, Ecuador's minister of foreign affairs for trade and integration, announces on Twitter that they've received a request for asylum from Edward Snowden:
The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden
— Ricardo Patiño (@RicardoPatinoEC)
June 23, 2013El gobierno del Ecuador ha recibido solicitud de asilo de parte de Edward #Snowden.
— Ricardo Patiño (@RicardoPatinoEC)
June 23, 2013
The foreign minister met with Julian Assange of WikiLeaks fame last week at the Ecuador embassy in London last week: