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Chicago Tribune (April 11)

2019/ 04/ 13 by jd in Global News

“Long ago, Julian Assange wore out his welcome at Ecuador’s London embassy.” He finally “got his eviction notice Thursday…. Ecuador’s decision to hand Assange over had been a long time coming—too long. He was the embassy Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave. Now, finally, Assange has moved on to new lodgings — for the time being courtesy of the British authorities.”

 

New York Times (February 21, 2012)

2012/ 02/ 22 by jd in Global News

Free speech is under assault in Ecuador. Ecuador’s largest newspaper was ordered to pay a $42 million criminal libel judgment by the nation’s highest court. The ruling is the latest in a string of suspicious rulings apparently orchestrated by President Rafael Correa. “The United States and other democracies need to loudly protest Mr. Correa’s assault on a free press and his cynical hijacking of Ecuador’s judicial system.”

 

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