Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino gestures during a news conference on the hidden spy microphone uncovered at the office of Ana Alban, the Ecuadorean ambassador to the United Kingdom, in Quito, July 3, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.