QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean lawmakers on Thursday roundly rejected a proposed bill that conservative President Guillermo Lasso had said would attract investment for the beleaguered economy, but which opponents decried as privatisation of public assets.
Lasso, a former banker who does not have a majority in the legislature, in February asked lawmakers to approve the creation of public-private partnerships to facilitate infrastructure projects - using the stock market to raise financing - and create free trade zones.
