Articles written by Gonzalo Solano

GONZALO SOLANO, RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — He's won asylum in Ecuador, but Julian Assange is no closer to getting there. The dramatic decision by the Latin American nation to identify the WikiLeaks founder as a political refugee is a symbolic boost for the embattled ex-hacker, but legal experts say that does little to help him avoid extradition to Sweden — and does much to drag Britain and Ecuador into a contentious international faceoff. "We're at something of an impasse," lawyer Rebecca Niblock said shortly after the news broke. "It's not a que...