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Ecuador passes new law to limit free press
Ecuador’s contentious new news media law killed the country’s only news magazine by creating restrictions that threatened to strangle a free press. “We cannot accept in silence that the government should determine the topics and agendas that we can cover, all freedom of information should be regulated, inspected and that a superintendent chosen by the […]
South American states rally around Morales
South America’s leaders rallied to support Bolivian President Evo Morales after his plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board. The presidents of Argentina, Ecuador, Suriname, Venezuela and Uruguay joined Morales in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba late Thursday and demanded an apology from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Morales […]
Ecuadorian embassy bugged by intelligence firm
Ecuador has asked the UK to help an investigation over alleged spying at its embassy in London where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is living. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told a news conference in Quito the bug was found last month when Ecuadorean technicians reviewed the embassy’s wiring. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23179431 The purpose of the bug, which was […]
Ecuador fights for Assange’s rights
Ecuador’s foreign minister accused the British government on Tuesday of trampling on the human rights of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by refusing to allow him to travel to Ecuador, which granted him political asylum almost a year ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/world/americas/ecuador-concern-for-rights-of-wikileaks-founder.html?ref=world Mr. Assange, 41, took refuge in Ecuador’s tiny embassy in London last June to avoid […]
Dirty Babylon 