Ecuador Presidential Candidate Says He’d Honor ‘Legitimate’ Debt
- Environmentalist Yaku Perez speaks in interview in Quito
- Perez says oil and mining bring more costs than benefits
Source: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Bloomberg
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A leading Ecuador presidential candidate pledged to honor national debt that was acquired legitimately, while investigating some controversial oil-for-loans deals made with China.
Yaku Perez, an environmentalist and campaigner for the rights of Indigenous groups, also criticized oil and mining companies, echoing comments made Thursday by Fernando Villavicencio, one of his likely rivals in the upcoming vote.