Tweet Criticizing Ecuador President Correa Lands Journalist in Court – PanAm Post

Ecuador journalist Luis Eduardo Vivanco, editor of the newspaper La Hora, was forced to testify after publishing a tweet criticizing President Rafael Correa’s administration. Officials said Vivanco tried to “confuse citizens by accusing the national government of corruption.” The journalist published an image of dozens of rolls of banknotes seized in an operation against drug trafficking with the message: “These are the mattresses upon which the revolution rests.” Read more>>

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