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Reports | Ecuador

Confrontation, repression in Correa's Ecuador

Rafael Correa's administration has led Ecuador into a new era of widespread repression by pre-empting private news broadcasts, enacting restrictive legal measures, smearing critics, and filing debilitating defamation lawsuits. A CPJ special report by Carlos Lauría

President Rafael Correa rips a copy of the national daily La Hora during a conference in Cotacachi County. Correa has taken an aggressive stance toward news media. (El Universo)

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September 1, 2011 9:12 AM ET | | Also in Español
Tags: Cadenas, Censored, Ecuavisa, El Comercio, El Universo, Emilio Palacio, Expreso, Fundamedios, Jeanette Hinostroza, La Hora, Legal Action, Rafael Correa, Teleamazonas
Alerts | Ecuador

Ecuador, facing police revolt, censors news coverage

Soldiers guard the government palace in Quito after a police rebellion. (AP/Patricio Realpe)

New York, October 1, 2010--As a police rebellion threw Ecuador into chaos on Thursday, the government of President Rafael Correa ordered local radio and TV stations to interrupt programming and carry state news broadcasts. A dozen reporters were injured covering the police revolt. Today, the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the government's censorship of broadcast media and called on local authorities to investigate and prosecute those responsible for attacks on journalists.

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October 1, 2010 4:10 PM ET |
Tags: Canal Uno, Censored, Ecuador TV, Ecuavisa, Rafael Correa, Teleamazonas

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