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Manafort's May 2017 meeting with Ecuador's Moreno
Last edited Tue Nov 27, 2018, 05:55 PM - Edit history (1)
Quito, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said Monday that he met with President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman this year together with a group of Chinese businessmen interested in acquiring a stake in the nation's power company.
In a statement, Moreno said the meeting in Quito involved Paul Manafort and representatives of an unidentified Chinese company who proposed to privatize the state-owned National Electric Corp. He said the proposal was rejected because it would have violated Ecuador's constitution.
In a statement, Moreno said the meeting in Quito involved Paul Manafort and representatives of an unidentified Chinese company who proposed to privatize the state-owned National Electric Corp. He said the proposal was rejected because it would have violated Ecuador's constitution.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/ecuador-president-manafort-pitched-deal-for-china-investors
My question is: had Manafort ever, prior to Spring 2017, demonstrated any interest in Ecuador's energy sector? If so, then there's plausible deniability about his real purpose with Moreno. If not, someone had better bring that question up, because the timing is beyond suspicious.
ETA: error, changed 2016 to 2017