It is rare for a nation to default a payment just because it wants to. This kind of attitude is dangerous during times of financial crisis, as countries with the same ideologies as the defaulting nation might take the same move.
The country that will be defaulting is Ecuador. While the value of their defaulted debt is relatively insignificant, this may signal same pronouncements from bigger economies such as Venezuela and Argentina.
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