Ecuador's President Rafael Correa delivers a speech to thousands of citizens after his inauguration ceremony at Bicentennial Park in Quito May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Granja
QUITO (Reuters) - President Rafael Correa vowed on Monday that Ecuador's decision on the "complicated" asylum case of fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden would not be swayed by others.
Snowden, 30, whose exposure of secret U.S. surveillance infuriated Washington while making him a champion of civil liberties for others, has requested asylum from the tiny South American nation's leftist government.
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