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Case Diario El Universo: 3 years Prison for Carlos, César, Nicolás Pérez and Emilio Palacio

Rafael Correa’s attorney, Alembert Vera, said this afternoon he will appeal the sentence because Rafael Correa does not agree with the sentence of $40 million ruled by temporary judge, Juan Paredes. He said Correa expects to obtain the $80 million requested in the...
Posted On 21 Jul 2011
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Case Diario El Universo: Correa will Appeal Ruling and Fight for the $ 80 Million

Vera Alembert, defense attorney for President Rafael Correa, appealed the sentence given by judge Juan Paredes, because he believes that the compensation should not be less than $ 80 million from the initial complaint against former opinion editor of El Universo, Emilio Palacio,...
Posted On 21 Jul 2011
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President Rafael Correa Press Conference [Jul-19-2011] (VIDEO)

After the audience of July 19th, President Rafael Correa gave a Press Conference.
Posted On 21 Jul 2011
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El Universo: Defendants Will Appeal the Sentence and Ask For The Annulment of the Legal Process

Defense lawyers of former opinion editor of El Universo Newspaper, Emilio Palacio, its directors and El Universo Company, will use appeal and nullity options to annul the sentence issuedby the 15 ° temporary judge of Criminal Guarantees yesterday, Juan Paredes towards the slander...
Posted On 21 Jul 2011
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El Universo: “No one can take away our right to inform,” says Carlos Perez

“El Universo will continue to work, reporting freely as it has been doing it in these first 90 years,” said Carlos Perez, director of El Universo Newspaper during the press conference with the official statement on the judge’s 15 temporary court of Criminal...
Posted On 21 Jul 2011
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Hundreds of People in the Streets to Support El Universo and Freedom of Speech

In order to demand freedom of speech hundreds of people (some of them employes of newspaper El Universo), began to protest at 15:00 (local time) outside the facilities of Diario El Universo in Guayaquil, Ecuador. An article in the newspaper’s website explains that the...
Posted On 21 Jul 2011
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No agreements in Case Diario El Universo – Correa

Yesterday in Ecuador, about 300 uniformed personnel, including police and members of the Military Forces stood by the Provincial Court and the Judicial Council of Guayas for almost 16 consecutive hours. Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa; his lawyer, Vera Alembert...
Posted On 20 Jul 2011
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SIP Couldn’t Meet Neither With Assembly Members Nor With The Government

Gonzalo Marroquin, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), came to Ecuador over the weekend with other members of the IAPA to have a meeting with President Rafael Correa, however, he received no response since according to the Government, the IAPA has described...
Posted On 19 Jul 2011
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Trial Against Diario El Universo Will be Held Today

The complaint that the Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa submitted against Daily El Universo, its directors and former Opinion Editor comes to the final hearing.  The hearing will be held today at 10:00 (local time) in the Auditorium of the Provincial Council of the Judiciary...
Posted On 19 Jul 2011
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Diario El Universo Agrees to Amend; the Proposal was Rejected

Daily El Universo, its directors and former opinion editor, Emilio Palacio, announced their decision to agree with the public amend order that the president has given, regarding the opinion column “No to lies.” In a letter signed by the representatives of El Universo,...
Posted On 19 Jul 2011
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