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News World Opinion Business. Share this —. Follow NBC News. By Reuters. Ecuador decriminalises abortion in rape cases. Conservative ex-banker elected Ecuador president.

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Rocky road to economic recovery. Northern neighbour is key. Image source, Reuters. Mr Lasso's first foreign visit after being elected president was to Colombia. But especially so in Ecuador, which was an outlier in the region for resisting the neoliberal wave of the s.

Finally, his social conservatism Lasso personally opposes abortion even in cases of rape is becoming outdated in a country where liberal social ideas are finally gaining some traction.

Country risk has remained at a lower level since, thanks to several reassuring steps taken by the government. Lasso appointed a technocratic cabinet close to the business community, facilitating regular dialogue between government and the private sector.

He has presented a government plan centered on reducing state intervention, opening several industries and markets to competition, and promoting public-private partnerships. He has engaged the international community pragmatically, reaching out to governments from China and Russia to the U. Investors are now looking at Ecuador with renewed interest, especially in contrast to growing upheaval in other traditionally more business-friendly Andean countries.