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WikiLeaks - A whistleblowing platform founded by Julian Assange. It has published news leaks and classified documents obtained by anonymous individuals.
Leaked - Shown to people without permission.
Governments - Groups of people who govern - or lead - countries.
anti-Western - Refers to broad opposition, bias, or hostility towards the people, culture, or policies of the Western world.
Bias - Biases are beliefs that systematically and unfairly distort a person's decisions, in favour or against one group or another.
Dictators - Rulers with total power over a country.
Ecuadorian - Ecuador is a South American country with a population of nearly 18 million.
Embassy - The workplace of a group of government officials who represent their country in another country.
Journalist - Somebody who writes about the latest news for newspapers and magazines or explains the news on television.