In Ecuador, there is no preferred position for freedom of speech

I realized some of you have been talking about freedom of speech and its relationship with Supreme Court's decisions in the United States.

While this value has a preferred position in the history of the U.S. Court's decisions, in Ecuador it seems impossible to fight for freedom of the press -and freedom of though - when the Legal, Judiciary, and Executive branches are not independent. Rafael Correa has made it too difficult for journalists to denounce wrongdoing.

Here is a Washington Post story by Nick Miroff, in which he describes Rafael Correa's administration.

And here is what Rafael Correa says about his own administration.