Tag: El Universo

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 04:18 UTC

  President Correa, in lead case, pardons newspaper publishers and former columnist

  

  Ecuador's populist president, Rafael Correa, on Monday pardoned three newspaper publishers and a former columnist who had been sentenced to jail and ordered to pay 40 million dollars damages in a libel case that angered media freedom advocates.

• Friday, February 17th 2012 - 18:45 UTC

  Ecuador highest-court ratifies ruling against the press; publisher granted asylum in Panama

  

  Panama on Thursday granted asylum to Ecuadorean newspaper publisher Carlos Perez, one of three executives facing prison after losing a libel suit seen as a key test of press freedoms in Ecuador.