{"id":1954,"date":"2024-04-11T15:25:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/ecuadors-former-vice-president-is-on-hunger-strike-team-member-tells-cnn\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:25:47","slug":"ecuadors-former-vice-president-is-on-hunger-strike-team-member-tells-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/ecuadors-former-vice-president-is-on-hunger-strike-team-member-tells-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador\u2019s former vice president is on hunger strike, team member tells CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluue0z3m000a3b6iwwneqdyy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cHe is in a hole, without light,\u201d the source said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluue0z3m000b3b6ink2eaagc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            On Monday, Glas was hospitalized after refusing to eat food provided to him in prison, Ecuador\u2019s national prison agency SNAI said. He returned to prison on Tuesday after being discharged from the hospital.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluue0z3m000c3b6i73wpqyul@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Glas was first imprisoned on Saturday, a day after Ecuadorian police arrested him in Mexico\u2019s embassy, where he was seeking political asylum after being accused of corruption by Ecuadorian prosecutors.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluue0z3m000d3b6idbnjl9f2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Glas has rejected the accusations.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluue0z3m000e3b6i6quz0nx3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            On Sunday, his lawyers filed an appeal of habeas corpus, a legal principle that allows people who believe they are being held unlawfully in prison or detention to challenge it. Successful challenges can lead to a detainee\u2019s release.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluue0z3m000g3b6iwizycf88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The agency did not comment on the hunger strike.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cluudyeoh005xa2qfey754p08@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            <i>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/i>    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe is in a hole, without light,\u201d the source said. 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