Ecuador faces financing challenge despite first ever principal payment

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Ecuador faces financing challenge despite first ever principal payment

Rafael Correa, Ecuador

It took Ecuador until the Age of Twitter to make a principal payment on international bond debt. But although the collapse of oil prices did not prevent the country successfully paying back its December 2015s at maturity, Ecuador faces an even tougher year in 2016 than it experienced in 2015.

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