This guy obviously never learn anything about diplomacy. How can you force someone to invest in your country by pointing a gun to their heads?

Besides the company Correa tries to threathen - Hong Kong based Hutchinson Port Holdings - is one of the companies controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, who has the strong political backing of mainland China. To say Mr. Li has political clout is an understatement. This is not a western company without any support from their governments. Since Correa has already alienated the West, there aren't too many investors in the world that would take a chance on Ecuador nowaday. Beggers should be more selective in who threathen.

Just my two cents.

By the way, the mining law should be passed in the upcoming week (the first week of January, 2009). If it doesn't, Ecuador is truly toasted as a place to do any business. Just my humble opinion.