Read this article in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) muestra su rechazo frontal contra la resolución emitida por el gobierno de Ecuador de cerrar Fundamedios, organización que se dedica al monitoreo de las agresiones contra la libertad de prensa en el país latinoamericano desde hace más de […]

Ecuador’s media regulator on Friday ordered the daily newspaper El Universo to issue a public apology over a political cartoon satirising a lawmaker from President Rafael Correa’s party. In a statement, the Superintendent of Information and Communication (Supercom) said the cartoon amounted to “socio-economic discrimination” against the Afro-Ecuadorian community and therefore violated Ecuador’s Communications Law. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged regulators in Ecuador to drop proceedings that could leave a newspaper forced to issue seven consecutive days of apologies and facing possible future fines of nearly $500,000, all due to a single political cartoon satirising a lawmaker from President Rafael Correa’s party. Ecuador’s Superintendence of Information and Communication […]

Next month, supporters of Ecuador’s Organic Communications Law will mark the first anniversary of its passage, but many journalists say that there will be little to celebrate because the law has hindered press freedom on numerous occasions. With the approval of this law, the government created the Communication and Information Superintendence Office (SUPERCOM) to monitor, […]