This will make it difficult to impossible to get financing from the normal sources, and most private companies will be very hesitant to invest, especially in the wake of seeing the same thing happen in Bolivia a month back.
Ecuador depends heavily on foreign investment, due to the malfeasance of its state oil company. They will need to attract foreign capital. As it happens, Chavez and the Chinese are sniffing around looking for bargains, and they may have just found one.
YOu bet your A$$ this is about Chavez and his Chicom buttbuddies.