Rafael Correa

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's top court on Thursday upheld a jail sentence against three newspaper publishers who were also ordered to pay hefty damages for libeling leftist President Rafael Correa, in a ruling described by media advocates as a blow to democracy.Read Full Story

Ecuador s high court on Thursday ruled against the El Universo newspaper in a libel suit filed by President Rafael Correa.   The National Court of Justice (CNJ) sentenced the three top executives of the media company to three years in prison and fined them $40 million, denying a lower court appeal filed by El Universo, which it called "out of order."   Correa sued the El Universo daily in March 2011 alleging "defamatory libel" over a column by former opinion page editor Emilio Palacio that...Read Full Story

President Rafael Correa is considering a pardon for Ecuador’s opposition newspaper after a court upheld a criminal libel verdict against it. View original post here:Read Full Story

QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday heard the final appeal in a criminal libel case filed by President Rafael Correa in which three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper El Universo were each sentenced to three years in prison.Read Full Story

Ecuador's top court upholds a verdict against El Universo newspaper in a $40m libel case brought by President Rafael Correa.Read Full Story

QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador's highest court is hearing the final appeal in a defamation ruling favoring President Rafael Correa that ordered three-year prison terms for three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper El Universo. The ruling also set a total of $42 million in damages.Read Full Story

President Rafael Correa filed the case in which three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper were sentenced to prison. Original post:Read Full Story

President Rafael Correa filed the case in which three executives and a columnist of the opposition newspaper were sentenced to prison. More:Read Full Story

Ecuador`s high court ruled against the El Universo newspaper in a libel suit filed by President Rafael Correa.Read Full Story

Published by Zennie Abraham in 1featuredslider , chevron ecuador , rafael correa on January 24th, 2012 [Translate] For those who romanticized Ecuador as a fair, democratic country with solid “freedom of the press” laws, much like America, it’s time to wake up. As I have explained in blog posts and video like this one… Ecuador is a corrupt country, where press freedom is nothing more than fantasy. See these excerpts from both the New York Times and Washington Post: An Assault...Read Full Story