Ecuador: Correa pardons defendants in El Universo case

“It’s not worth wasting time on people who do not deserve”
Quito (Pichincha). – The President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, announced today its decision to refer (forgive) the legal process that began months ago against the newspaper El Universo, for having insulted in the editorial “No lies” , in which he said that the president ordered the shooting of a hospital full of civilians on September 30, 2010 during an attempted coup.
Backdrop of the Hall Yellow Carondelet Palace, where they met senior representatives of key state functions, as well as diplomatic representatives of the continent, the President declared that this decision is made for the good of the country during this process, has undergone an aggressive smear campaign driven international media home and abroad. Read Article