Energy Battles Do Little for Average Ecuadorians

Published January 7, 2009

Apparently you're nobody in the global energy game unless you've tried to sue the government of Ecuador.

In recent years, a Who's Who of multinational corporations has locked horns with Ecuador over its treatment of foreign investors, including Alberta's Encana Corp., California's Occidental, and Spain's Repsol.

Lately, a particularly vocal group of energy firms have lodged legal protests...