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AFP – Ecuadoran lawmaker sentenced to 18 months in prison for slandering president

In an earlier interview with AFP, Jimenez said the government wants to lock him up so that he will not be able to denounce official corruption. Read more >>

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March 24, 2014

In an earlier interview with AFP, Jimenez said the government wants to lock him up so that he will not be able to denounce official corruption. <a href="http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_22/Ecuadoran-lawmaker-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-for-slandering-president-6625/" target="_blank">Read more >></a>

In an earlier interview with AFP, Jimenez said the government wants to lock him up so that he will not be able to denounce official corruption. Read more >>

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Shameless. Disbarred and convicted of criminal contempt of court for bribing an Ecuadorian judge in an attempted extortion scheme, @SDonziger is nonetheless accepting invitations to speak at #climate rallies. Read more about this adjudicated racketeer: https://t.co/5eac0lRmN7

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Sworn testimony: While Texaco met its environmental obligations in the Amazon, #Ecuador’s national oil company did “absolutely nothing” to address its own remediation in the area. #FactsMatter:
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