To the Editor: Re ''An Assault on Democracy'' (editorial, Jan. 24): When the Ecuadorean newspaper El Universo claimed that President Rafael Correa ordered troops to shoot innocent civilians during the failed coup of 2010, he sued under Ecuadorean law, as any citizen should do when maliciously libeled. The president requested publication of proof or...
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador is leading a relentless campaign against free speech, harassing his critics, forcing independent broadcasters off the air and hijacking the nation's courts in his bid to bankrupt the country's largest newspaper. After Emilio Palacio, the editorial page editor of El Universo, wrote a column accusing Mr. Correa of...
Emilio Palacio, a senior journalist at the newspaper El Universo, has disclosed that he has fled to the United States after he and three of the newspaper's board members were sentenced to three years in prison in a dispute over coverage of President Rafael Correa. A judge also ordered the four men to pay Mr. Correa $30 million in damages and...
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (f. 6. april 1963) er Ecuadors præsident siden 2006. Han fik sin uddannelse som økonom i USA og var i 2005 finansminister under Alfredo Palacio.
I forbindelse med sit kandidatur til præsidentposten, etablerede han det socialistiske parti Alianza PAIS. Selvom han betragter Hugo Chávez som en personlig ven, erklærer han, at han ikke er en del den igangværende Bolivarianske revolution..