Fascinating story about Ecuador's current president, Rafael Correa

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Correa's "attack" on the newspaper El Universo tends to downplay how the "attack" was a defamation lawsuit fought through the courts. Correa was abducted and placed under siege in a hospital during an attempted police coup - which had been substantially instigated by the press - in 2010. He was rescued by a loyal faction of the police, during which a firefight in the hospital occurred. While there was still the general air of armed insurrection by the country's police force, the newspaper published an editorial reporting that the president had committed war crimes. Correa took the newspaper to court, and won. He then pardoned the defendants of all penalties that had been imposed by the courts.

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