I research the internet and the only source for this windfall tax is the Reuters article by Alonso Soto, whose reputation is tarnished if I am being kind. This strikes me as strange, because that means he has another exclusive again, how come it is always him?

Has anyone try to contact Silvia Santacruz, another mining journalist who had covered the mining development in Ecuador for a second opinion? Just because one doctor gives you three months to live, there is no reason to jump off the bridge before you seek a second opinion.

If I want want to kill myself (financially speaking) I would not do it on Soto's word alone.