OPEC AND OIL PRICES

Ecuadorian President Says Adherence to OPEC Quota Would Topple Government 

Ecuador is unable to adhere to its OPEC quota of 180,000 b/d because if it did so "chaos would break loose, the Republic would fall, and the democratic system would come to an end," according to Ecuadorian President Leon Febres Cordero.

Speaking in an interview published by the Caracas daily El Nacional on 4 November, Mr. Cordero - whose country's request for a 100,000 b/d...