Ecuador: Free Press watchdog, Cesar Ricaurte under assault

Posted on September 14, 2012 • Filed under: Ecuador, Human Rights Latin America, Social Issues

Thestate.com/AP reported…
To Correa, Australian-born Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is a truth-teller who deserves praise and protection as he knocks down the walls of government secrets. But when it comes to Ecuador’s opposition media, Correa says too many journalists serve special interests and have immense, unchecked power.

Correa has been fighting a running battle with Ricaurte, head of the country’s main press freedom organization Fundamedios, and calling him a tool of the opposition media and the U.S. government. Read Article thestate.com

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