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Cali_Democrat

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4. Correa is acting very strange.
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 08:33 PM
Jun 2013

He's mad about the Washington Post's editorial?

It's an editorial in a newspaper, not an official US position.

Maybe he thinks the US government has the ability to shut down this editorial, similar to what his government does in his country.

Ecuador recently passed a law which shutdown broadcasters and regulates websites:

BOGOTA -- Ecuador passed a sweeping media bill Friday that will shutdown many private broadcasters and regulate everything from reader comments on websites to the percentage of foreign music that can be played on the radio.

The Communications Law is the latest salvo in President Rafael Correa’s war on what he calls the “corrupt press.” But free speech advocates worry that the law will be used to cow the media and silence critical voices.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/14/3452126/ecuador-broadcasters-fear-being.html
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