Ecuadoran Journalist Seeking Asylum in Peru, Still Sees Mission in Writing

Fernando Villavicencio knows all too well the risks confronting journalists who expose information that others want to suppress.   The Ecuadoran journalist – convicted of defaming President Rafael Correa under the country’s harsh communications law – has spent parts of the past few years in hiding rather than submit to prison. He already has paid nearly $50,000 in fines. He faces current charges, and a pretrial detention order, for allegedly disseminating private emails of Correa...

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