Ecuador's minister of environment Ines Manzano has been appointed interim minister of energy, replacing Antonio Goncalves, the presidency said today.
Goncalves had been the country's energy minister for three months. He left his position in the middle of a power-supply crisis in the country that started on 23 September with rolling blackouts amid a harsh dry season that hit hydropower generation.
The country is currently scheduling 10-hour blackouts per day.
When Goncalves took office in July, crude production averaged 469,413 b/d. It recovered to 477,601 b/d in August but it fell again to 471,061 b/d in September.
