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.”
Tags: Ecuador, Free speech, Libel, Newspaper, Rafael Correa
