The Media and the Mouth; Ecuador  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8774 (Mar. 2012), page 40.
Topik: Politics; Political Behavior; Presidents; News Media; Law; Human rights

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His country rarely attracts much international attention. But when Rafael Correa, Ecuador's president, used the courts last year to bankrupt one of its main newspapers and intimidate others, he touched off a wave of outrage among media organisations and human-rights groups throughout the Americas, as well as tut-tuttings from the United States and the European Union. On February 27th, Army Day in Ecuador, Mr Correa signalled a retreat. He said he would pardon four newspapermen sentenced to three years in jail and forgive fines of $40m against them and their newspaper, El Universo of Guayaquil. Such climbdowns are rare for Mr Correa, a proud and thin-skinned man who has ridden an oil-fuelled economic boom to become Ecuador's longest-ruling leader for a century. But he is not calling off his assault on the media, an industry in which private business, he has vowed "will be the exception and not the rule." He is building a government-owned media empire. A new law bans the media from endorsing candidates in elections.

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