Emilio Palacio, a well-known columnist for El Universo newspaper, said journalists in Ecuador worked under the permanent threat of going to jail.

BBC: Ecuador journalist Emilio Palacio granted asylum in the US

The parallels to the El Universo and Chevron cases are striking.

FORBES: President Correa's Libel Suit and the Fraud Against Chevron

The lessons of the El Universo debacle should help thwart the fraud underway against Chevron and bolster its ongoing international arbitration with the Republic of Ecuador over the case.

FORBES: President Correa's Libel Suit and the Fraud Against Chevron