I work in the business. UIO is Quito, Ecuador. HKG is Hong Kong.
Oh, and as Q said ES is Snowden not Schmidt.
On first read I thought it was Oslo, Norway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38109167
Edward Snowden loses Norway safe passage case
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Ecuador is special because it has no extradition to the U.S. That's the same reason they have accommodated JA so long.
Their recalcitrance is because they think the CIA assasinated their popular President, Jaime Roldos in 1981.
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https://cuencahighlife.com/ecuador-investigates-the-death-of-president-jaime-roldos-attorney-general-says-that-it-could-be-tied-to-the-cias-operation-condor/