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Article: Ecuador replaces key official.(Latin America)(appointment of Diego Garcia at Ecuador Constituent Assembly)(Brief article)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- April 24, 2008
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Ecuador's Constituent Assembly named Diego Garcia as the country's new Attorney General Tuesday. Garcia will replace Xavier Garaicoa, who made regular headlines with his accusations against Brazilian state oil company Petrobras.
At Garaicoa's urging, Ecuador's state oil company Petroecuador recently started an investigation into allegations that Petrobras had illegally transferred part of its assets to Japanese company Teikoku (OD Apr.7,p5).
Garcia, a former school classmate of President Rafael Correa, is expected to take a less aggressive stance against foreign oil companies.
"With the new attorney general, the situation will improve for ...