After several hours of fear, tension and uncertainty, another day begins in Ecuador. However, it is a day full of strong emotions and evaluations, after the police uprising that paralyzed the country. On Twitter @candradepa says: parece que #Quito hubiera despertado de una gran farra alcoholica y alucinógena… This is a shared sentiment. Andrés OleasPesántez (@aoleasp) recounts [es]: 193 heridos, 5 vidas humanas perdidas y millones de dólares en pérdidas… que alguien me explique, qué fue lo que ganamos? #ECUADOR Reports from other Ecuadorian cities like Guayaquil and Cuenca [es] are similar. Esther Burgos (@noe_eb‎) reports that, Se siguen escuchando las sirenas de la policia, y los helicopteros que sobrevuelan Guayaquil #Ecuador Erika Solis Tlachi (@erikadesing), from the same city, informs: Urgente saqueo en guayaquil ecuador – http://bit.ly/dycQoI #ireport Citizen video of looting Yesterday September 30, after the announcement of the strike by a group of police officers, the closing of the airport and the arrival of President Correa to the Metropolitan Hospital, increasingly confusing news started to emerge on the Internet. With these news came information that Correa was being held by the police in the hospital and that a coup d'état threatened to break the rule of law. Although the media mainly used the word “coup,” the silence and the latter active participation from the Army to rescue Correa from the Hospital show that there was no joint military attempt to remove Correa from the government. Martín Pallares from Desde la Tranquera [es], asks: ¿en verdad hubo un golpe de Estado en el Ecuador? Yo supongo que para hablar de un golpe de Estado debe haber habido, al menos, el intento manifiesto de derrocar al Presidente para reemplazarlo por alguien. Y en el caso ocurrido este día lo único que hubo fue un deplorable e injustificable acto de insubordinación de los policías que se sentían, justa o injustamente, afectados en sus derechos. Ecuadorian media [es] confirmed the position of the political forces opposed to Correa and the announcement of former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutiérrez about the military and police operation, although the latest news report a different and accusatory position [es] toward the government. Previously, it was reported that: @teleSUR_tv: El ex presidente de Ecuador Lucio Gutiérrez, pidió disolver el Parlamento y llamar a elecciones presidenciales #PoliciaEc On the other hand, Live Media Ecuador [es] recently informed: Para el ex presidente ecuatoriano Lucio Gutiérrez, lo de ayer fue una maniobra de Correa, para “esconder la corrupción” en su Gobierno Citizen video of police strike President Correa's rescue was followed minute by minute by national and foreign Twitter users, like Hernán Ramos (@b10_ecuador): GOLPE EN #ECUADOR #RafaelCorrea ya está bajo protección militar. CONFIRMADO se reporta fuerte tiroteo en afueras del hospital, http://bit.ly/cbhorU, #Ecuador #CoberturaTwit The rescue itself was followed closely, amidst heavy gunfire and hundreds of people that were called to defend the president where he was being held. The images of the rescue, which can be seen in this video, were seen around the world thanks to the Internet. A time for evaluation: Censorship, coup, uprising, media performance [es] After the rescue, President Correa spoke from the presidential palace of Carondelet, and the page of the attempted coup or police uprising began to slowly close. However, the time for evaluation has just begun. From Facebook FUNDAMEDIOS [es] denounces the national coverage imposed in Ecuador: Censura y brutalidad contra la prensa nacional y extranjera durante el sublevamiento policiaco contra Rafael Correa Daniel Ochoa [es] in his blog provides a comprehensive evaluation in the post, “30s [September 30] a day in Ecuador that we hopefully learn something from!” Para empezar, para mi no hubo intento de golpe de Estado, solo la sublevación de un grupo de policias (se constató que no fueron todos), los cuales no estaban ni siquiera bien informados, lo que hace pensar que hay alguien detrás de todo esto (movilizando a las masas). No hubo intento de golpe de Estado, porque la cúpula militar en dos ocaciones de forma oficial dijo que apoya totalmente al gobierno. Official government sectors [es] condemn a coup attempt that they claim involves US intervention. Pablo Arciniegas in his blog Voces del Sur denounces that, Solo las fuerzas y cerebros irracionales de la extrema derecha pudieron preparar tan burdo movimiento atentatorio contra la débil democracia en nuestro país, por medio de la infiltración en la filas policiales, manipulando las demandas de este sector.