"The simple answer is: Ecuador simply isn't a party to this controversy, and so the way they see things isn't material"
On the contrary, Ecuador's independence from the controversy makes them seem more impartial and credible.
On the contrary, Ecuador's independence from the controversy makes them seem more impartial and credible.
Honestly many of your responses to comments on this thread seem very unfair. And I'm not talking about the content of them but the manner in which you respond. You have a very good way of cheapening legitimate points that have been made.
The idea that Ecuador as a disinterested third party is somehow objective or fair about the Assange incident is to my eyes laughable. The Correa administration is despicable.
In fact, the wikileaks cables even showed something about how Ecuador's media was happy to attack the government, but not the actually powerful corporate interests.
Therefore, going after "the press" in Ecuador may have been more about ending libellous attacks from corporate special interests rather than some sinister intolerance of legitimate criticism. Not that this makes restricting speech okay, but it does help to explain it.