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Toronto Becomes Haven for Exiled Ecuadorian Journalists

6/3/2026

Summary

Story summary

The Greater Toronto Area serves as a refuge for persecuted journalists, enabling publication.
Andersson Boscan, now in Oakville, Ontario, produces a two-hour livestream researching Ecuadorian events, while Monica Velasquez lives there and continues covering Ecuador.
Canada ranks twentieth on the World Press Freedom Index, while the United States is sixty-fourth after President Donald Trump’s media attacks.
The Canadian Association of Journalists will launch an exiled journalists’ caucus this summer.

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Story summary

The Greater Toronto Area serves as a refuge for persecuted journalists, enabling publication.
Andersson Boscan, now in Oakville, Ontario, produces a two-hour livestream researching Ecuadorian events, while Monica Velasquez lives there and continues covering Ecuador.
Canada ranks twentieth on the World Press Freedom Index, while the United States is sixty-fourth after President Donald Trump’s media attacks.
The Canadian Association of Journalists will launch an exiled journalists’ caucus this summer.