Ecuador says ex-leader trying to destabilize government
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Officials in Ecuador say Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's administration gave ex-President Rafael Correa $281,000 intended to help destabilize the government of the man who replaced him as head of the small South American nation.
Anti-Corruption Secretary Ivan Granda presented a formal complaint to prosecutors on Wednesday alleging that Maduro's government funneled the money through a foundation run by Correa in August. He didn't give details of the foundation's alleged actions.
Granda said the revelation was particularly upsetting considering Venezuela's worsening economic and humanitarian crisis.
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Correa denied the charges on Twitter, while the foundation put out a statement insisting all its activities are legal.
Current President Lenin Moreno was a protégé of Correa, but the two have waged an increasingly bitter feud.