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Additionally, it is of international interest to establish precisely themotives that prompted Agee to publish his book in editions that wouldsoon reach the million copies in English, Italian and Swedish –the versionsalready published- , as well as Spanish, French, Arabic, Japanese,Portuguese, Dutch, Greek and other languages. The Ecuadorian peoplementioned by Agee should be happy with this free worldwide advertisingthat has made them universal celebrities.Is Agee’s book itself a maneuver by the CIA? Another play fromthe northamerican imperialism? What does the ex agent pursue withhis work? Has he really spewed vile slander or has he said defamatorytruths? We all ask ourselves these questions that are now attempted tobe cleared up by an Ecuadorian fighter amidst the fog in a corner of Englandwith the only purpose of sharing key factual points of our history…Agee accepts with no hesitation the interview, and states that this isthe first done by an Ecuadorian journalist even though a great deal of hisvoluminous book talks about Ecuador. He later ads with certain humor:“It is also the first interview with one of my victims”…This last remark has its explanation. For the CIA, as stated by the exagent, the most dangerous leftwing organization of his time was URJE(Unión Revolucionaria de Juventudes Ecuatorianas), whose the yankeemanipulated reaction made it the main target of his attacks. Galarza wasthen the President of URJE.The interview was made up of two sessions: the first took eight hours,where Age seemed self-assured, showing a jealously cultivated memorywhich led him to remember stories seemingly small, several alreadyknown by the interviewer whose participation in the revolutionary effortwas always active. The second interview lasted three hours and was re-22