While Guyana assumed the presidency of the South American grouping UNASUR last November at a summit in Georgetown, a senior Ecuadorian official harboured doubts that this country could carry out the task, according to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
According to a classified cable from the US Embassy in Quito, Ecuador to Washington dated February 5, 2010, Marjorie Ulloa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ UNASUR Coordination office told US Ambassador Heather M Hodges that there were doubts about which UNASUR country would succeed Ecuador in holding the presidency.
The next term was to be Guyana’s and the cable referred to Ulloa raising doubts about whether this country would be able to do the job. Under the heading ‘UNASUR Presidency, Who’s Next?’ the cable said:
“When Ecuador completes its one-year
