Julian Assange was Ecuador’s guest of honor. Until he wore out his welcome.

Ecuador treated Julian Assange like a trophy in 2012 when it opened the doors of its London embassy to the WikiLeaks founder, sheltering him from extradition to Sweden over rape allegations and, possibly, to the United States. Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s leftist president, seemed to bask in Assange’s bad-boy glow, which gave the small South American nation a big role […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/19/julian-assange-was-ecuadors-guest-of-honor-until-he-wore-out-his-welcome/