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Special Report: The end of the Citizen’s Revolution in Ecuador? (ISSN 17414474)
Relations with the media
One of the key features of the Correa presidency was his intense dislike for Ecuador’s traditional media – particularly printed newspapers – which he considered to be representatives of a right-wing political and economic elite. His decade in power saw consistently bad relations with much of the press, leading up to the 2013 communications law which gave special powers to a government-run watchdog organisation, capable of applying draconian sanctions against any media outlet seen as overstepping the boundaries of acceptable reporting. The president also sought a privileged channel to communicate directly with the electorate. In a manner similar to the regular TV and radio broadcasts used by the leaders of the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela, Correa set up his own weekly programme known as Enlace Ciudadano. Significantly, his successor dropped the programme almost immediately.
- Introduction
- Citizens’ Revolution: the legacy
- Defining the Citizens’ Revolution
- The 2017 election
- Profile: Lenín Moreno
- Economic pressures
- Dollarisation: a straightjacket?
- Relations with the media
- Policy towards indigenous groups
- The question of corruption
- International relations
- Where to for the national dialogue?