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<div class="glw-authors">By <span class="glwnews-article-location"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4030">Ewan Robertson</a></span></div><p>The Union of South American States (UNASUR) threw its support behind Ecuador in its diplomatic dispute with Britain over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, after a meeting of UNASUR foreign ministers yesterday in Guayaquil, Ecuador.</p>
<p>UNASUR unites 12 South American nations (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela).</p>
<p>On August 16, Ecuador granted Assange diplomatic asylum in its London embassy due to fears his human rights could be violated if extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault charges.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51968" target="_blank">read more</a></p>