Ecuador: Correa in conflict with media

Venezuela isn’t the only country with a debate between the president and the media; Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa sued a Quito-based newspaper for libel due to an editorial published last March. Correa said that he would combat the "mediocrity" and "incompetence" he perceives in the Ecuadorian media, though his decision has brought widespread criticism from international press groups.

In a recent post we noted how columnist Andres Oppenheimer criticized several Latin American countries, (including Ecuador), for their lack of freedom of press.

Sources- BBC News, International Herald Tribune, azstarnet.com, The Latin Americanist

Image- BBC News (Ecuadorian newspaper reader)