John Oliver thinks Ecuador's Rafael Correa is a little thin-skinned

[Zorro]

Humorless South American president versus one of the funniest men in the United States.

There was only ever going to be one winner, at least while the weapon of choice in this duel of primetime heavyweights was the one-line zinger.

A week ago, British comedian John Oliver sparked the wrath of Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa by ridiculing him over his alleged persecution of journalists and social media critics.

The host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” taunted the US educated left-wing leader, who has fined newspaper cartoonists, calls on his followers to troll Twitter opponents, and routinely blasts individual journalists by name on TV without giving them a right to reply.

“If your skin was any thinner, you’d be a taint,” Oliver said during the segment.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/150216/oliver-trashes-correa-again

[Marksman_91]

1. Guess that rules him out as a reliable source of political satire, at least for the I<3Hugo fanclub