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Ecuador says vote to halt Amazon oil drilling a 'terrible precedent'
Ecuador says vote to halt Amazon oil drilling a 'terrible precedent'
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Ecuador's energy minister said Wednesday that a vote to halt drilling in an Amazon oil block set a "terrible precedent" and it would be a long and complex task to dismantle the installation. However, Energy Minister Fernando Santos described the decision to halt drilling as "a very serious blow to Ecuador's dollarized economy, which depends on crude oil, its main export."