The suit is in response to Ben Carson and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
announcing that it would delay an Obama - era anti-segregation
measure known as the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which was
enacted in 2015 to combat discrimination in housing policy.
He added: «If the
measure announced in the British official communication is
enacted, it will be interpreted by Ecuador as an unacceptable, unfriendly and hostile act and as an attempt against our sovereignty.