Q+A-Risks to Ecuador oil, mining sectors amid unrest
Investing News Network - October 4th, 2010
On Thursday, Police protesters attacked Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa over austerity measures, leaving the leftist leader holed up in a hospital and plunging the OPEC nation into political chaos.
On Thursday, Police protesters attacked Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa over austerity measures, leaving the leftist leader holed up in a hospital and plunging the OPEC nation into political chaos.
The press release is quoted as saying:
Ecuador is one of the continent’s largest oil producers, but among the smallest in the oil producers’ cartel, with daily production of around 470,000 barrels of crude.