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Workers Resist Pandemic-Era Disaster Capitalism in Ecuador (In These Times)

QUITO, ECUADOR — Paula had been in quar­an­tine with her hus­band and two kids for 15 days by the end of March 2020 under Ecuador’s strict lock­down, which includ­ed a nation­wide 2 p.m. cur­few. Then, Paula’s boss called. Busi­ness was suf­fer­ing; he would have to let some peo­ple go and cut salaries. He asked Paula if she would agree toContinueContinue reading “Workers Resist Pandemic-Era Disaster Capitalism in Ecuador (In These Times)”

Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador’s Guayaquil (Al Jazeera)

QUITO, ECUADOR – When Victoria Sanchez and her mother, Eufemia Nicolaza Sanches Pin, showed up at their local public hospital in Ecuador’s Guayaquil for Sanches Pin’s weekly dialysis treatment last month, hospital staff refused to let the mother, a diabetic, in because she had a runny nose. Hospital staff worried it could be COVID-19 andContinueContinue reading “Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador’s Guayaquil (Al Jazeera)”

Visions of a Crisis: Difficult days in Ecuador (Literary Review of Canada)

QUITO, ECUADOR – The first time I cried was Saturday, March 21. It was a beautiful morning, and I was sitting at my window, staring at the sun-kissed Andes Mountains around Quito. But I couldn’t hear cars honking on my normally bustling street. There were no car alarms, either. The furniture store next door wasn’t blasting reggaetonContinueContinue reading “Visions of a Crisis: Difficult days in Ecuador (Literary Review of Canada)”