Wednesday, 06 June 2007

Ecuador Debt Tumbles as Probe of Finance Minister Renews Default Concerns

(Bloomberg) -- An Ecuador dollar bond lost 2.4
percent of its value after a congressional investigation of
Finance Minister Ricardo Patino's role in transactions involving
debt issues revived default concerns.

Congress yesterday began a political trial of Patino,
following the May 21 broadcast of a video showing him, a senior
aide and a former government official discussing a possible
securities transaction with several men, later identified as
bankers.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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