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Will President Correa’s pardon erase a year of controversy and polarization?

Published on 27 February 2012Read

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Financial punishment

Authors of “El Gran Hermano” book hit with heavy and ill-timed damages

Published on 8 February 2012Read

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Eagerly awaited free speech hearing in Washington, but radio director under travel ban

Amid continuing tension between the Ecuadorean government and some of the country’s privately-owned media, Reporters Without Borders hopes that (...)

Published on 25 October 2011 Read

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Court confirms El Universo sentence, setting grave legal precedent

A Guayaquil appeal court yesterday upheld the three-year jail sentence and 40-million-dollar fine that a lower court imposed on three El Universo (...)

Published on 21 September 2011 Read

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Media minister responds to Reporters Without Borders’ open letter

Ecuadorean media minister Fernando Alvarado published an open letter to Reporters Without Borders on 9 September in response to the one that its (...)

Published on 12 September 2011 Read

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President Correa told it is time to choose – revolution or war with media

President Rafael Correa Delgado Carondelet Palace Quito, Ecuador Dear President Correa, Reporters Without Borders, an international (...)

Published on 6 September 2011 Read

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President’s lawsuit ends with jail terms, huge fine for newspaper directors and columnist

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by yesterday’s court ruling in the western city of Guayaquil sentencing three directors of the El Universo (...)

Published on 21 July 2011 Read

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President urged to withdraw two legal actions demanding heavy damages, jail terms

Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado President of the Republic Carondelet Palace Quito, Ecuador Dear President Correa, You have just brought two (...)

Published on 1 April 2011 Read

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Police uprising against President Correa leads to censorship and violence against media

Justice must be rendered to the journalists working for national and international media who were the collateral victims of yesterday’s police (...)

Published on 1 October 2010 Read

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Threat of jail lifted for newspaper columnist Emilio Palacio

Former El Universo columnist Emilio Palacio will fortunately no longer have to serve the three-year jail sentence which a court imposed on him on (...)

Published on 7 June 2010 Read