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Riots at an infamous Venezuelan prison in June escalated into gun battles between hundreds of troops and inmates, killing at least 22 people. The crisis lasted four weeks, drew widespread media coverage, and sparked a war of words between the government
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On Thursday, February 16, the highest Ecuadorian court upheld a verdict in favour of President Rafael Correa in a libel case against newspaper El Universo, one of the major dailies in this South American country. Correa's lawsuit is the first action take
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ON NUMEROUS occasions Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s president, has promised to defend freedom of speech with his life. In practice, however, he has steadily chipped away at the freedom of his country’s press. The most-publicised example of this trend has been
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QUITO — Ecuador may not sign an operating contract with Kinross for its Fruta del Norte gold project because the Canadian company wants to renegotiate terms of a tentative agreement, Energy Minister Wilson Pastor said on Thursday. Ecuador’s leftist Presi
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Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Ecuador's highest court has upheld the jail sentences on three newspaper directors and confirmed that they must pay damages of $40m (£25m) for libelling the country's president, Rafael Correa. He told
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The nation’s highest court on Thursday upheld a three-year prison sentence and a $42 million fine against a columnist and three executives of the main opposition newspaper, El Universo, for libeling President Rafael Correa. Mr. Correa said he would cons
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Ecuador's highest court on Thursday upheld a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist to three years in prison each and ordering them to pay a total of $42 million in damages. The defe
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By Mercedes Alvaro And José de Córdoba QUITO—Ecuador's highest court ratified a $40 million fine Thursday against the country's most important newspaper, as well as prison sentences against three of the papers' owners and a columnist targeted in a crimin
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa speaks with foreign correspondents in Quito on February 16, 2012. (RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP/Getty Images) The judgment was issued shortly after midnight today. The news agency said the ruling drew strong criticism from human
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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. The combat
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AFP - Panama on Thursday granted asylum to Ecuadoran newspaper publisher Carlos Eduardo Perez Barriga, one of three executives facing prison after losing a libel suit seen as a key test of press freedoms in Ecuador. The announcement came shortly after Ec
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Ecuador's highest court upheld early Thursday a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist to three years in prison each and ordering them to pay a total of $42 million in damages. The d
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A few years ago, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador declared the press in his country a grave threat and said it needed to be "defeated." War was declared, but this was never a fair fight. For almost five years, journalists have been singled out for pers
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Panama on Thursday granted asylum to Ecuadoran newspaper publisher Carlos Eduardo Perez Barriga, one of three executives facing prison after losing a libel suit seen as a key test of press freedoms in Ecuador. Supporters of Ecuadorean President Rafael Co
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QUITO: Ecuador’s high court on Thursday ruled against the El Universo newspaper in a libel suit filed by President Rafael Correa that was seen as a crucial test of press freedoms in the South American country. The National Court of Justice (CNJ) sentence
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa gestures as he addresses the media at Ecuador's National Court in Quito February 15, 2012. QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's top court on Thursday upheld a jail sentence against three newspaper publishers who were also ordere
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Those who are fearful of returning to their home country due to facing persecution on the basis of their political opinion, nationality, religion, race or affiliation with a social group can apply for asylum in the United States. A former Ecuadorean news
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QUITO, Ecuador -- President Rafael Correa said Thursday he was considering a pardon for Ecuador's main opposition newspaper after the nation's highest court upheld a $42 million criminal libel verdict against it. Correa told reporters he would consult wi
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Correa told reporters he wo
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