In Ecuador, no one can act outside the law | Letter
In response to a report that a Hindu guru had a established his own island off the coast of Ecuador, Ambassador Jaime Marchan Romero clarifies that no individual would ever be allowed to annex off land from a sovereign state
With regard to your report on the alleged establishment of an island nation off the coast of my country by an Indian national known as Nithyananda (Hindu guru on the run sets up own island nation, 6 December), this embassy wishes to clarify that it is absolutely false that Nithyananda or any of his associates have or could ever have established in Ecuador a so-called “cosmic republic” for their followers and supporters.
Ecuador is a sovereign and independent republic and not a res nullius (nobody’s land) where any national or foreign adventurer can act outside the law.