The three Latin American countries said to be helping Edward Snowden flee from U.S. authorities are united in their opposition to the White House and pursue foreign policy objectives designed to counter U.S. influence.
As Snowden, the intelligence contractor who disclosed documents about U.S. surveillance programs, arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday, Russian media reported that he was booked on a flight to Havana, and from there on to Caracas.
By Sunday afternoon, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said via his Twitter account that his government had received an asylum request from Snowden. The Ecuadorean Embassy in London is hosting Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that published reams of classified U.S. documents.