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Ecuador Erases Its Troubling Asylum Double Standard
With his right thumb held high to acquaintances still behind bars, a tired but relieved Alexander Barankov walked out of the grim, panopticon-style García Moreno...
The Gunboat Diplomacy Trap: How Ecuador Used Assange to School the Brits
Judging by the Stonhenge-to-Sgt. Pepper spectacle of the London Olympics’ opening ceremonies, Brits take jolly good pride in knowing their history. But here’s an...
Defending Assange, Ecuador’s President Kindles a Controversy Over Defining Rape
This isn’t exactly International Male Sensitivity Week. First we had Missouri Congressman and Dark Ages darling Todd Akin sparking a global firestorm of...
Assange’s Special Asylum: Why Ecuador Isn’t Nice to Anyone Else
The government of Rafael Correa extends its hospitality to the Wikileaks founder but is accused of harassing unfriendly journalists and may extradite a...
Why Is Ecuador Julian Assange’s Choice for Asylum?
Julian Assange, the controversial Australian founder of Wikileaks, walked into Ecuador‘s London embassy on Tuesday to request political asylum. He may have...
Photo Essays
A Lawsuit in Ecuador
A local court orders Chevron to pay $9 billion in a closely watched case. Photographs by Ivan Kashinsky / Aurora
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Ecuador approves law curtailing private media
Rights groups criticise law creating media overseers and limiting private media to one third of radio and TV licenses. ...
Ecuador Legislature Approves Curbs on News Media
The measure, long sought by President Rafael Correa, would impose fines for coverage deemed by regulators as unfair. ...
Ecuador's Legislature Passes Restrictive Media Law Ecuador's congress has approved...
Ecuador's congress has approved a communications bill that creates official media overseers, imposes sanctions for smearing'' people's good name'' and redistributes radio and...
Ecuador's Congress Approves Thorny Media Law Ecuador's Congress on Friday passed...
Ecuador's Congress on Friday passed a law creating a state watchdog to regulate newspaper and television content, a move critics called a blow to free speech...
