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– Ecuador's Moreno opens new era in relations with media (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 17, 2017

At the cordial two-hour meeting with the media in July, Ecuadoran President Lenín Moreno promised a new era of press freedom and urged his guests to embrace their watchdog function by investigating government corruption.
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