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-- police "prevented a helicopter from landing" and blocked escape routes;
-- Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino was wounded leaving the hospital, his head bleeding;
-- "Inside the hospital, doctors, nurses, patients and journalists lay on the floor, hoping to avoid getting shot;"
-- "As Mr. Correa's SUV drove away," it was attacked by a volley of gunfire, a "uniformed member of (his) security team" shot dead "as he trotted alongside the vehicle;" and
-- the bloodbath outside the hospital continued, police shouting "Kill the chuspangos," slang for military men before gunfire subsided.
Nonetheless, O'Grady continued, saying:
"Mr. Correa had little trouble managing the story. In the morning he closed down independent television reporting, limiting Ecuadoreans to his version of the day's events."
In fact, Ecuador's Constitution guarantees press freedom, short of criminally committing defamation, slander, or insurrection advocacy. Nonetheless, the corporate dominated media remains largely combative, Correa calling them "trash talking," "liars," unethical," and "political actors who are trying to oppose the revolutionary government."
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