What future for free speech in Ecuador after presidential election? (RSF - Reporters sans frontières)
(WorldNews France)

(Source: RSF - Reporters sans frontières) Correa began to exercise constant control over the media agenda as soon as he became president in 2007, and helped to create an appalling climate for freedom of information by personally and publicly attacking media outlets that criticized him. Adoption of the very controversial Organic Law on Communication (LOC) during his third term increased the polarization between the government and many privately-owned media outlets. Repeal or amend the LOC `Democratize the media landscape,` the LOC`s declared goal when adopted in June 2013, was encouraging. At the time, RSF hailed its envisaged respect for journalists` professional confidentiality, equal...