Fernando Balda

Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores (born 3 August 1971) is an Ecuadorian politician.

Fernando Balda
Born
Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores

(1971-08-03) 3 August 1971
Guayaquil, Ecuador
NationalityEcuadorian
Alma materUniversity of Guayaquil
OccupationPolitician and activist
Political partyPAIS Alliance (2006–2008)
Patriotic Society (2008–2016)
Unity, Change and Progress (since 2016)
Ahead Ecuadorian Ahead (since 2018)
Criminal charge(s)Slander
Criminal penalty2 years in prison (2012–2014)
Criminal statusServed sentence

Politics

Balda stated that he had been abducted in July 2012 in Bogotá, Colombia, to which he had fled because in 2009, he had dropped his support for the Ecuadorian government, had changed from being a member of parliament for Alianza País to an opposition member of the Patriotic Society Party,[1] and had been accused of involvement in a failed coup in 2010.[2][3] Balda was deported from Colombia to Ecuador in October 2012 to serve a prison sentence.[4] As of 2019, Ecuador is asking for its former president Rafael Correa to be extradited from Belgium for involvement in the purported abduction.[5][6]

Balda signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the right-wing Spanish party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".[7]

Personal life

Balda is married and has four children.[3]

References
  1. Fernando Balda responde al comandante de la Policía y afirma que extenderá un llamado judicial en su contra, Narcisa Rendón, El Comercio, 28 de julio de 2015
  2. Así se transformó Fernando Balda de seguidor de Rafael Correa a acusador, El Universo, 3 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  3. Secuestro de un opositor ecuatoriano en Cedritos: la verdadera historia, Semana, 6 June 2018 (in Spanish)
  4. Así se transformó Fernando Balda de seguidor de Rafael Correa a acusador, El Universo, 3 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  5. Difusión roja y extradición de Rafael Correa, atadas a la Corte Nacional de Justicia Política, El Universo, 5 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  6. Ecuador court orders ex-president Correa's arrest, BBC, 4 July 2018
  7. "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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