FOCUS News Agency – Ecuador’s media chafe at proposed restrictions

Critics of Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s referendum say that the effort is designed to censor the media:

Correa has scheduled a referendum on several issues for May 7, including measures that would rein in the media which he has slammed as a “de facto power that is mediocre and corrupt.”
He wants to amend the constitution to restrict investment in local media, barring media from investing in banks, and vice versa.

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