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Where is democracy heading? Is our freedom in danger? Inspired by the global COVID-19 lockdown, the #Forum2000online Chats offer interviews with politicians, experts, human rights defenders, journalists and diplomats – relevant and interesting people from the Forum 2000 network - discussing the most significant current developments and looking at how they impact the future of democracy and freedom. Governments tend to accumulate power in times of crisis - and we need to make sure they renounce it, once normalcy returns!
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Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Ana Karina López Ramón: The changing media landscape in Ecuador
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
In this week's #Forum2000online Chat, Ana Karina López Ramón, a political journalist from Ecuador and a founding partner of Fundamedios, an organization promoting freedom of expression and monitoring threats to freedom of the press in Latin America, talks about the change between the two Presidential administrations of Ecuador and its impact on the media.
In this interview, you will learn that:
- Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa used different means to attack free journalism.
- Before Correa came to power, the media in Ecuador enjoyed higher credibility.
- Moreno’s presidency meant a considerable improvement for media in Ecuador.
- The “Communication law” of 2013 allowed Correa to suppress his critics.
- The public was very discontent with the press by the time of October 2019 protests.
- The public space of Ecuador remains seriously polarized.
- The era of Rafael Correa left many journalists behind.
Ana Karina López Ramón is a founding partner of Fundamedios. She works on monitoring the media landscape and attacks on free journalism in Ecuador. Her book on the former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was awarded the municipality’s book of the year for journalism.
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