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** FILE ** Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa sings during his weekly live broadcast, "Enlace Ciudadano," or "Citizen Link," in Manta, Ecuador, on Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino (right) announces at a news conference in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, that his country would grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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This two picture combo shows from left; a Feb. 1, 2012, file photo of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he arrives at the Supreme Court in London, and a June 20, 2012, photo of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa during a meeting at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Left photo — AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File; right photo — AP Photo/Victor Caivano, File)
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Mr. Correa, seen here holding forth on his weekly program in Quito, Ecuador, is far from Ecuador's first populist leader, but he hasn't been hounded by accusations of corruption that drove previous presidents from office. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS In February, Ecuador President Rafael Correa sued two journalists for defamation after railing against some in the profession as "true assassins with pens ... those who kill the dignity, the honor, of people." He is putting a ballot question before his nation's voters on Saturday that would restrict news media ownership and put the executive in charge of regulating media content.
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** FILE ** Heather Hodges, U.S. ambassador to Ecuador, speaks with Juan Carlos Toledo, Ecuadorean consul general in Miami, behind a display of pre-Columbian artifacts at the FBI's Miami field office in North Miami Beach, Fla., in September 2009. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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A tourist from Ecuador has his photo taken by a companion in front of the "Rocky" statue, a character made famous in the "Rocky" movies, in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art during a snowstorm (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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Policemen and firefighters carry the body of a passenger after a bus plunged into a ravine in San Isidro, Ecuador, southwest of Quito, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. At least 35 people were killed and 34 were reported injured in the accident. (AP Photo/Str)
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A police officer demonstrates next to a bonfire during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Hundreds of police protesting the new law plunged the country into chaos on Thursday, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa protest against rebellious police outside the hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, speaks to a demonstrator during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Hundreds of police protesting the new law plunged the country into chaos on Thursday, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, carrying a poster of Correa, protest against rebellious police outside the hospital where Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
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Soldiers guard the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Ecuador is under a state of siege, with the military in charge of public order, after soldiers rescued Ecuador's President Rafael Correa from a hospital where he'd been surrounded by police who roughed him up and tear-gassed him earlier. The banner reads in Spanish "The revolution of the citizens is running." (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
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Burning tires and a gate block the entrance to a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Protesting police burn tires at the entrance of their police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
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A presidential guard, third from left, is taken away by protesting police outside the hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police angered by a law that cuts their benefits shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, wearing a gas mask, is caught in the middle of a police protest at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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An injured police officer, front, lies in the emergency room at the police hospital as the body of another officer lies covered with an Ecuadorian flag in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The two officers were injured and killed apparently during protests by insurgent police angered by a new law that they claim would cut their benefits and clashes with supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa. (Dolores Ochoa)
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A supporter of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa waves a picture of Correa as tires burn in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. Ecuador's government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angry over a law that would cut their benefits, plunged Ecuador into chaos, roughing up Correa, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
