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Don’t Forget About Ecuador

By Roque Sevilla

Despite Guayaquil’s healing, the country is still struggling. The private sector can help.

The world is facing an unprecedented pandemic that does not care about borders or nationalities My country Ecuador has been among those hit hardest, with over 53,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 4,000 related deaths Guayaquil, Ecuador’s most important commercial port and home to over three million people, was the site of one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks The city has largely recovered, but Ecuador isn’t out of the woods yet: Cases in the capital of Quito have surpassed 6,000 over the past few weeks With hospitals overflowing and burial systems collapsed all over the country, there...

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