How bad is the pandemic affecting life in Ecuador? A better question to start with would be is how bad has the pandemic hit Latin America, and specifically Ecuador and its neighbors Peru and Colombia? Sadly, as of August 3rd, the COVID-19 outbreak has caused almost 5 million cases and over 200,000 deaths across Latin […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 In this report we have been tracking the spread of the coronavirus for over 3 months, and one of the indicators of the government’s response to it is the country’s COVID-19 testing program. Of all the numbers we follow […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

It’s whale season in Ecuador. More specifically, it is whale watching time on Ecuador’s coast, from Playas, to Puerto Lopez, to Manta, when hundreds of humpback whales (or jubartas) return each year to follow food sources, to birth their young,to mate and to dance in the ocean.They travel seven thousand kilometers from the cold waters […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

Rossy Bastidas owns the hairdressing salon The Collection and reopened the doors of her business on May 25th—using biosafety protocols—after she had to close it due to the pandemic. Located in the city of Santo Domingo, she saw few customers after she reopened, but now she says, little by little people have begun to come back […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!