Correa has been replaced by a new leader, Lenin Moreno, who wants stronger trade ties with Europe and the U.S. Late last year, Assange made remarks on social media that appeared to sympathize with the separatist movement in Spain’s Catalonia region. Moreno reminded Assange that his stay at the embassy is conditioned on keeping his mouth shut about international politics. “We have asked him not to talk about the topic of Catalonia,” Moreno recently told a Spanish newspaper. “If he does, we will know to respond.”