Citing "strictly personal reasons,"Ecuadorian Energy Minister Carlos Arboleda resigned his post in the wake of criticism over the way he hendled a tender round for four producing fields.Unions and left-leaning politicians had complained that ARboleda,a retired colonel and personal friend of Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez,was giving away some of the country's oil reserves too cheaply after he eliminated a 35% state participation requirement.
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