Weekly Report - 04 September 2014 (WR-14-35)

Ecuador’s national daily Hoy fell silent last week after 32 years of publishing. Circulation was brought to a halt by the regulator, Superintendencia de Compañías, which said that Hoy was just one of around 700 companies that would be dissolved for making losses in excess of 50% of “social capital” for two consecutive years. The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) slammed the government led by President Rafael Correa for restricting freedom of expression in Ecuador.

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