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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Local media team banned from covering referendum vote counting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/09/local_media_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Carlos Sosa questioned the officers’ decision saying they had discriminated against Telecosta and other Emeraldas’ media outlets to give preference to national media teams who were allowed to do their work unimpeded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Fundamedios and AEDEP challenge constitutionality of amendments to Democracy Code]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/09/fundamedios_aedep/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[They requested the provisional suspension of the challenged regulations, arguing that allowing them to come into force would constitute an affront towards the provisions of the Constitution and international treaties concerning human rights currently in force in Ecuador.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalists attacked by men at funeral]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/08/journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six men attacked a group of journalists seeking information pertaining to the killing of a 16-year old girl.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Fundamedios condemns million-dollar fines against journalists Calderón and Zurita]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/02/08/fundamedios_condena_millonaria/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["We alert the international community to this attempt to silence Ecuadorian journalists. This sentence is no more than a warning of what can happen to those who dare to investigate and denounce cases of corruption during the exercise of power," says Fundamedios.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolivia - ANP censura agresión a director de radioemisora]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/02/08/anp_censura/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/02/08/anp_censura/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalists' Twitter accounts hacked after posting controversial photos]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/07/twitter_hackers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alberto Rodríguez and Orian Brito posted images of armed children on their Twitter accounts and have, in the past, been critical of President Chávez.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/02/07/twitter_hackers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist harassed by police after publishing interview with subversive leader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/07/infante_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After he published the interview, Carlos Infante said that the former defense minister accused him of belonging to Sendero Luminoso (a terrorist group) and using his position as a journalist to act as a sounding board for terrorism.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/02/07/infante_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brazil - News site threatened with multiple lawsuits]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/brazil/2012/02/01/congress_em_foco_amenazado/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The suits have been moved by civil servants in the Senate who were exposed by Congresso em Foco as having received wages higher than the ceiling for their positions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/brazil/2012/02/01/congress_em_foco_amenazado/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolivia - Marchistas agreden a periodistas en Cochabamba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/02/01/cochabamba_protests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/02/01/cochabamba_protests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Radio presenter attacked after criticising mayor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/monja_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Carlos Monja Timaná, presenter of the Radio Limón program "El Investigador", was attacked by two individuals, one of whom allegedly works for the Olmos district municipality.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/monja_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Three journalists defamed and threatened after investigating regional president]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/ayacucho_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalists told IPYS that after they published the reports, mass circulation emails were sent in which their reputations were damaged and they were accused of belonging to the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/31/ayacucho_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - After publishing document on wiretapping, journalists experience harassment and threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/30/phone_tapping_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IPYS condemns the harassment suffered by these journalists and demands that the authorities identify and sanction whoever is responsible for the threats against the ATV+ investigations team.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/30/phone_tapping_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Government attempts to discredit journalist and his investigation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/30/teleamazonas_videos/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government broadcast two videos aimed at discrediting journalist Fausto Yépez of Teleamazonas and his investigation into alleged spying operations by government departments.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/30/teleamazonas_videos/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist briefly detained after covering oil spill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/27/oil_spill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Giselle Almarza and cameraman Dali Gomez had travelled to La Rica in Monagas state, in response to a complaint by local farmers who claimed to have lost part of their harvest because of an oil spill.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/27/oil_spill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Journalist receives death threat after reporting on local administration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/27/campos_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Moisés Campos received the threat after reporting on the alleged embezzlement of funds by Mayor Corina De la Cruz's administration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/27/campos_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Television correspondents threatened by unidentified individuals]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/26/onofre_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hubel and Alcibiades Onofre attribute the threats to a news report that linked a woman accused of being the mastermind behind a triple murder to a member of the national assembly.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/26/onofre_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Fundamedios condemns decision against precautionary measures on Democracy Code veto]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/26/elections_restrictions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new regulations in the code would come into force on 4 February 2012, introducing preemptive censorship to the contents of the media and journalistic coverage of the upcoming electoral campaign.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/26/elections_restrictions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentina - Journalist attacked, injured by political activists in Santa Cruz]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2012/01/25/martinez_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mariano Martinez, a journalist at Radio FM Popular, was severely beaten and left unconscious by activists linked to the mayor of Los Antiguos.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2012/01/25/martinez_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Globovisión news crew denied entry to swearing-in of defense minister]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/25/globovision_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the Globovisión journalist, only state-owned, and therefore pro-Chávez media, were permitted to attend the ceremony.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/25/globovision_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - WAN-IFRA denounces government's authoritarian turn]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/24/authoritarian_turn/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The WAN-IFRA report reveals that the Ecuadorean government is "establishing a strict control over all arenas of public debate, while couching this in a debate centred around media plurality".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/24/authoritarian_turn/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chile - Government scraps plan to force journalists to inform police
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/chile/2012/01/24/hinzpeter_law_withdrawn/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While a controversial section of the so-called "Hinzpeter Law" has been withdrawn, the bill is still in the hands of Congress.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/chile/2012/01/24/hinzpeter_law_withdrawn/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paraguay - Journalist targeted by drug traffickers may have to move abroad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/paraguay/2012/01/20/figueredo_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cándido Figueredo says he has no doubt who is behind the threats since he reported on the destruction of two underground routes used to smuggle drugs into Brazil and Bolivia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/paraguay/2012/01/20/figueredo_death_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolivia - Periodistas rechazan ley que intenta controlar a los medios]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/01/16/nueva_ley/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/01/16/nueva_ley/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Nuevas intimidaciones y seguimientos contra la periodista Claudia Julieta Duque]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/01/16/duque_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2012/01/16/duque_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Journalist threatened via Twitter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/16/diaz_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The hacker group "N33" claimed they would attack Luis Carlos Díaz because of his statements about cyber attacks. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2012/01/16/diaz_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolivia - ANP denuncia ataque verbal de influyente funcionario]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/01/16/ataque_verbal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/bolivia/2012/01/16/ataque_verbal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - President proposes restrictions to journalistic work during 2013 elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/13/democracy_code/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The chief of state proposes prohibiting the media from broadcasting during the the 48 hours before the elections and until 5:00 pm on the day itself, "any kind of information issued by public institutions, as well as electoral propaganda, opinions or images."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/13/democracy_code/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peru - Sentence against blogger overturned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/13/godoy_cleared/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The court decided that the convicting sentence had irremediable deficiencies caused by the lack of coherent and congruent arguments. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/peru/2012/01/13/godoy_cleared/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Government launches smear campaign against human rights organisations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/12/government_campaign/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A message by the Ministry of Culture invited employees to join a campaign against an alleged complaint presented by Fundamedios against Catalina Botero of the IACHR.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/12/government_campaign/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Judicial police and prosecutor's office close down radio station, seize its equipment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/12/perla_orense_closed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The measure may be in reprisal for Perla Orense's critical stance against the local government and the administration of the Guabo mayor, a member of the governing party.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/12/perla_orense_closed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paraguay - Growing impunity for alleged instigators of radio journalist's murder
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/paraguay/2012/01/11/suspect_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest blow to the Merardo Romero murder case came on 31 December 2011 when one of the suspected instigators, local official Fidel Duarte, was released on bail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/paraguay/2012/01/11/suspect_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - National Court of Justice ratifies three-year prison sentence against Emilio Palacio]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/05/appeal_rejected/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Second Criminal Division rejected an appeal for review of the case submitted by Palacio, former opinion editor of the newspaper "El Universo".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2012/01/05/appeal_rejected/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentina - Canal 7 journalist and camera operator attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2012/01/02/canal_7_agresiones/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The team was investigating the alleged labour exploitation of 15 Bolivian workers, most of them children.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2012/01/02/canal_7_agresiones/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Se denuncia que sentencia contra diario fue elaborada por abogados del presidente de la república]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/12/29/investigan_juez/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/12/29/investigan_juez/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentina - IAPA trusts that law regulating newsprint will be declared unconstitutional]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2011/12/28/newsprint_control/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The organisation characterised attempts by the government to control press freedom via a law regulating the manufacture and marketing of newsprint as "malicious".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2011/12/28/newsprint_control/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Editor sentenced to three months in prison for libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/12/27/editor_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jaime Mantilla Anderson was sentenced based on a series of reports about allegations of influence peddling and problems faced several years ago by Central Bank president Pedro Delgado. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/12/27/editor_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia - Journalist in Villavicencio, Meta, receives death threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/12/22/gomez_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Héctor Gómez Arguello has been reporting on residents' complaints that a local aqueduct project was mismanaged.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/colombia/2011/12/22/gomez_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela - Radio stations closed, equipment seized]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/20/equipment_seizure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CONATEL has seized equipment from three radio stations in the state of Nueva Esparta, alleging that they were "operating clandestinely" without the proper permits.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/venezuela/2011/12/20/equipment_seizure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Argentina - IAPA renews its rejection of interference by government in newsprint production]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2011/12/16/regulating_newsprint/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Five committees of the Chamber of Deputies at an extraordinary session yesterday approved a bill declaring the manufacture, commercialization and distribution of newsprint for newspapers to be of public interest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/argentina/2011/12/16/regulating_newsprint/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecuador - Tribunal dismisses charges against magazine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/12/16/vistazo_accusation_dropped/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The magazine had been prosecuted for having allegedly broken the 48-hour electoral silence rule prior to an election by publishing an editorial that referred to the questions included in the popular consultation and referendum of 7 May 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/ecuador/2011/12/16/vistazo_accusation_dropped/</guid>
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