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Emilio Palacio is a renowned Ecuadorian journalist, writer, and political analyst. He is best known for his work as a columnist for the newspaper El Universo, where he wrote about politics and current affairs. He is also the author of several books, including "La Verdad de los Hechos" and "La Verdad de los Hechos II".
Palacio was born in 1954 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He studied journalism at the Central University of Ecuador and later obtained a master's degree in political science from the University of San Francisco.
Palacio began his career as a journalist in the early 1980s, working for the newspaper El Universo. He quickly rose to prominence as a political analyst and columnist, writing about the political and economic situation in Ecuador. He also wrote several books, including "La Verdad de los Hechos" and "La Verdad de los Hechos II".
Palacio has been a vocal critic of the government of Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador. He has been critical of Correa's policies and has accused him of corruption and authoritarianism. In 2011, Palacio was charged with libel and sentenced to three years in prison. He was later pardoned by Correa.
Palacio is currently a professor at the Central University of Ecuador and a columnist for El Universo. He is also a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language.
As of 2021, Emilio Palacio's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
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Last week the president personally attended the trial while thuggish supporters threw eggs and bottles at the defendants outside the courthouse. To no one’s surprise, the provisional judge hearing the case quickly ruled in the president’s favor, sentencing Mr. Palacio and the three El Universo directors to three years in prison and awarding $40 million in damages to Mr. Correa – an amount that exceeds the total value of the newspaper.
As of 16 February 2012, the National Court of Justice (Ecuador's highest court) confirmed the lower court's award of $40 million in damages, as well as the three-year prison sentences against a journalist and three executives.
By the end of February 2012, Emilio Palacio and El Universo were released from their charges and no other cause is currently active in the case, which implies there is no reason for Palacio to avoid returning to Ecuador.
Palacio was the opinion editor of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo. In 2005, Palacio chided Rafael Correa, then Ecuador's finance minister, in print for crudely rejecting a successful currency plan. Correa responded by calling Palacio a traitor. Their feud came to a head in a case related to unrest occurring in September 2010 in which Correa, now president, found himself trapped inside a hospital for several hours by police officers. Correa described the circumstances as an "attempted coup". In an opinion article from 6 February 2011 which appeared in El Universo ("No to Lies"), Palacio alleged that the president had ordered soldiers to fire on the hospital, which was full of civilians. The following month, Correa announced a lawsuit against the editorial writer and the directors of the paper. Correa alleged that several of Palacio's editorials were "accusations" and "slander", where Palacio stated Correa had "...ordered fire at will and without warning against a hospital full of civilians and innocent people..." In an official El Universo editorial it was explicitly said that he committed crimes against humanity reasons for which Palacio was sued. El Universo says the president’s suit was announced several hours after the newspaper published an article about an information access request denial. While Palacio claimed, he was sued for calling Correa a "Dictator".
"We are not only suing the editorial writer, but also the newspaper El Universo’s directors,” said Correa, in a radio interview on Ecuadorinmediato, quoted by El Universo. According to an editorial published by The Washington Post on 27 July 2011:
Palacio and the three executives of the newspaper that published the article were sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 40 million dollars, payable to Correa himself. On October 31, 2011, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) sent a letter to the National Court of Justice of Ecuador, asking them to overturn the decision, described as "abhorrent" by HRF president Thor Halvorssen.
On 24 August 2011, Palacio fled Ecuador to avoid incarceration and currently resides in the United States where in the following year he was granted political asylum.
Emilio Palacio (born ca. 1954) is an Ecuadorian journalist. Palacio was granted political asylum in the United States in 2012. He is the half-brother of former president of Ecuador Alfredo Palacio (born 1939).
