By Mathias Meier
In 2007 Ecuador vowed to refrain from oil drilling in their pristine Amazon reserves. Now President Raúl Correa argues that exploiting its resources is a valid decision to help the country’s economy.
Photo at top: María Belén Loor, advisor to the Ecuadorian Minister of International Trade, speaks at a Great Cities Institute symposium held at UIC. (Mathias Meier/Medill)
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