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Ecuador the First LatAm Nation to Convict a Twitter Activist – PanAm Post

On November 11, a court in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca sentenced Sebastián Cevallos, a socialist and national deputy director of the Unidad Popular movement, to 15 days in prison for denouncing relatives of Labor Minister Carlos Marx Carrasco on Twitter for their involvement in an alleged case of nepotism. The court convicted Cevallos of a fourth class misdemeanor typified by Article 396 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes acts that harm a person’s honor and reputation. Read more>>

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November 18, 2015

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Disgraced Chevron Ecuador fraud attorney Steven Donziger’s biggest supporter is now being accused by the U.S. Government of anti-Semitism. Donziger’s list of allies gets more despicable by the day https://t.co/hXcu06rJbD

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“At no time while working on the #Ecuador Project did I see any data supporting a finding of groundwater contamination from [Texaco] operations away from the pits,” a scientist hired by #Ecuadorian plaintiffs testified. Full testimony here: https://t.co/ynD1D00MN1 https://t.co/ZZ1Vzv1SIi

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Falsified reporting of technical findings facilitated #Ecuador #fraud against Chevron, scientist for the #Ecuadorian plaintiffs testified: https://t.co/ynD1D00eXt https://t.co/4ETiia3BC0

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Members of indigenous communities in the Amazon in Ecuador would like to know: What happened to the more than $20M reportedly raised on their behalf by now-disbarred NY lawyer Steven Donziger? #FollowtheMoney
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#Factsmatter: An international arbitration panel found ‘no cogent evidence’ supporting #Ecuador’s claim that #Texaco failed to comply with terms of remediation in #Amazon. https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik

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