Correa's legacy leaves a long road to recovery for Ecuador's journalists
November 2, 2017 1:56 PM ET
Since taking office in May, Ecuadoran President Lenín Moreno has pledged to end a decade-long battle between the government and the media. But several reporters and editors with whom CPJ spoke said that the anti-press campaign carried out by...
Ecuador fines seven news outlets for not reproducing Argentine newspaper story
April 24, 2017 4:55 PM ET
Bogotá, Colombia, April 24, 2017--Ecuadoran authorities should immediately annul fines imposed on seven media outlets for declining to reproduce a story published in an Argentine newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Firing of critical newspaper editor raises concern in Ecuador
September 4, 2015 1:01 PM ET
When the Quito daily El Comercio was sold in December to a Latin America media tycoon known for avoiding editorial conflict, press freedom advocates feared the newspaper would soften its coverage of the Ecuadoran government. Those concerns have now increased...
Ecuador's year-old media law stifles in-depth reporting
June 24, 2014 10:57 AM ET
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa generated little actual news during a two-day trip to Chile last month. So Ecuador's four main newspapers did the obvious: They published short wire service dispatches about his visit....
Unidentified gunman kills Peruvian photographer in Lima
February 25, 2013 1:01 PM ET
Bogota, Colombia, February 25, 2013--Authorities in Peru should immediately determine the motive behind the murder of a journalist on Saturday and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Battle between Correa, Ecuadoran press to wage on
February 20, 2013 10:54 AM ET
In the wake of President Rafael Correa's landslide re-election on Sunday, many Ecuadoran reporters are bracing for another four years of conflict with his left-leaning government. Neither side claims to relish the prospect, but continued clashes seem inevitable given the bad...
Confrontation, repression in Correa's Ecuador
September 1, 2011 9:12 AM ET
Rafael Correa's administration has led Ecuador into a new era of widespread repression by pre-empting private news broadcasts, enacting restrictive legal measures, smearing critics, and filing debilitating defamation lawsuits. A CPJ special report by Carlos Lauría...