The South American presidents traveled to Buenos Aires, the Argentinean capital, to hold an urgent meeting and analyze the crisis created in Ecuador, according to information made public on the Twitter page of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who told his compatriots that he was leaving the country to meet with the presidents and representatives of the nations that are members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).

Likewise, the Organization of American States (OAS) unanimously approved on Thursday a resolution in support of the Ecuadorian President, which “condemns” the disturbance of the democratic order in the Ecuadorian country and “firmly supports” the government of Rafael Correa. The Ecuatorian representative at the OAS, María Isabel Salvador, denounced that “there’s no doubt that the current events in her country “constitute an attempt to alter the democratic institutional order.”  The “most worrying aspect is the political bond existing in these events between the members of the opposition which have had a military career and members of the police force,” she affirmed.

From La Paz, Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke for the Telesur television channel, and demanded  "to save the life" of Rafael Correa,  held hostage by a group of rebel police officers in a military hospital in Quito, and accused the US government of attempting an institutional breakdown in Ecuador.

In a statement issued from Havana, Cuba expressed its support for Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, and demanded the US government to make a statement on the matter.

Cuba expects the headquarters of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces to fulfill their duty of respecting the Constitution and ensuring that it’s upheld, and of guaranteeing the inviolability of the legitimately elect President of the Republic and democracy; we hold the chief of the Armed Forces of Ecuador responsible for the physical integrity and the life of President Correa, reads the statement of the Foreign Ministry.

The Cuban statement strongly denounced the statements attributed to the so-called Patriotic Society of former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutiérrez, which proclaims intentions overtly in favor of a coup.

Over 4, 00 demonstrators gathered near the Metropolitan Military Hospital of the police force in Quito, and were repelled by the police with tear gas.

In Ecuador, the Armed Forces, the National Electoral Council, the National Court of Justice, the National Assembly, the Comptroller’s Office and the Attorney’s Office supported constitutional order and support President Rafael Correa.

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