In the city of Guayaquil in Guayas, dead bodies, most likely victims of the pandemic, are piling up on streets as funeral services fail to collect them on time, forcing families to abandon them.

Lenín Moreno’s neoliberal policies, with cuts to health and prioritization of foreign debt, have caused a collapse in the healthcare system

While a law passed by parliament in December 2017 calls for health sector spending to the tune of 4% of the GDP, the government’s latest budgetary proposals have allocated only 3.3%