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A doctor informs a woman about the condition of her relative who was admitted with COVID-19 to the Seguridad Social hospital in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Hundreds wait hours for coronavirus care in Ecuador capital

Associated Press

Ecuador VP resigns, setting off talk of a presidential bid

By Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

A child, wearing a protective face mask as a mandatory measure to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, rides piggyback through a crowded downtown area in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. The city is returning to a new normality after relaxing a rigorous quarantine but amid a certain fear that COVID-19 infections may rise. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Lab in Ecuador’s capital forced to halt coronavirus testing

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

Pedestrians and commuters wearing face masks amid the new coronavirus pandemic crowd a sidewalk near a bus stop in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 1, 2020. After two and a half months of COVID-19 related quarantine, some industries are allowed to reactivate under a scheme of five days' work and 10 days rest. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

South America ignores Europe and reopens as virus peak nears

By DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

In this May 2, 2020 photo, a sea lion sits outside a hotel that is closed because of the new coronavirus pandemic, in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The majority of the island hotels are usually occupied throughout the year, but all reservations have been canceled through July. (AP Photo/Adrian Vasquez)

Pandemic upends life on isolated, idyllic Galapagos Islands

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and ADRIAN VASQUEZ - Associated Press

Triathlete Parker Albright, 18, poses in the pool during a photo shoot at the YMCA in Salem, Va., on Jan. 22, 2020. Albright has recovered from a rough patch and is looking forward to competing in her sport at the University of South Dakota. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP) **FILE**

Virginia triathlete moves past struggles to restart career

By Heather Rousseau - Associated Press

A man gestures to the camera as he rests in a public square in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 10, 2020. The government declared a &quot;health emergency&quot; amid the new coronavirus pandemic, restricting movement to only those who provide basic services, enacting a curfew and closing schools. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador buckles under virus, broken oil lines and old debt

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, photo, relatives of Bella Lamilla the first person to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Ecuador, maintain quarantine in their home in Babahoyo, Ecuador. The spreading global pandemic has tested the competing interests of public health and privacy, with thousands of individuals and families experiencing both physical illness and the less-discussed stigma that can come with it. While there are many stories about good deeds and people coming together, the coronavirus is also bringing out another, darker side of some people: Fear, anger, resentment and shaming. (AP Photo/Mariuxi Orellana)

Coronavirus shaming swirls on social media

By Christine Armario - Associated Press

In this Sunday, March 29, 2020 photo, Rev. Steven Paulikas decorates an altar with palm fronds for Palm Sunday, which will be commemorated virtually this year, at All Saints' Episcopal Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The global coronavirus pandemic is upending the season's major religious holidays, forcing leaders and practitioners across faiths to improvise. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)

Virus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spirit

By DAVID CRARY and LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, photo, relatives of Bella Lamilla the first person to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Ecuador, maintain quarantine in their home in Babahoyo, Ecuador. The spreading global pandemic has tested the competing interests of public health and privacy, with thousands of individuals and families experiencing both physical illness and the less-discussed stigma that can come with it. While there are many stories about good deeds and people coming together, the coronavirus is also bringing out another, darker side of some people: Fear, anger, resentment and shaming. (AP Photo/Mariuxi Orellana)

Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Relatives watch as the remains of a coronavirus victim, which authorities wrap in plastic, arrive to the Jardines de la Esperanza cemetery in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Ecuador has one of the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in the region, combined with a lack of ventilators, hospital beds and experienced crisis management. (AP Photo/Andrea Aguilar)

In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

In this photo taken March 6, 2020, Dionisio Romero, owner of a dragon fruit farm checks that the plants are free of some pests at his estate La Voluntad de Dios in El Progreso, Ecuador. As the coronavirus wreaks economic havoc worldwide, the farmer has watched demand for his fruit plummet and prices drop to astonishing lows, wiping away much of the profit he might normally expect. (AP Photo/Marcos Pin)

Virus could test Latin America’s already ailing economy

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and MARCOS PIN MÉNDEZ - Associated Press

In this Feb. 7, 2020, image, an African seeking asylum sits at a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico. Many countries in North and South America are blocking the path for Africans who are struggling to seek asylum in the United States. People from Cameroon and other African nations often win their cases in the United States but they first must reach American soil. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump allies in Americas block Africans’ path to US asylum

By PETER ORSI and GONZALO SOLANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Street musician Angel Alvarado, known as &quot;Allan El Trovador,&quot; sings his &quot;coronavirus&quot; song at a market in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Alvarado, from Colombia, said he started improvising songs about the coronavirus that includes people's complaints about price gouging in Guayaquil, a city where several patients are being treated with for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Marcos Pin)

Arrival of new virus sparks songs across Latin America

By GONZALO SOLANO and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2019 file photo, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno waves to supporters gathered at Independence square, from the government palace's balcony in Quito, Ecuador. Moreno has scrambled to apologize after comments in a speech to investors on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, suggesting women tend to complain about sexual harassment when it comes from ugly people. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Ecuador president slammed for ugly words about harassment

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis

By GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

In this Nov. 10, 2019, photo, migrants gather at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, to hear names called from a waiting list to claim asylum in the U.S. The U.S. has sent a Honduran migrant back to Guatemala in a move that marked a new phase of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Tougher US asylum policy follows in Europe’s footsteps

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno gives the thumbs up to supporters gathered at Independence square, from the government palace's balcony in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Weeks of violent demonstrations were triggered when President Moreno announced that he was eliminating fuel subsidies, but he was forced to repeal the measure after the protests. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador president proposes new finance reforms after turmoil

Associated Press

An attendant shows an automotive product to a driver in front of a display with new fuel prices at a gas station in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. The recent strike that paralyzed the Andean nation for almost two weeks, has left a gaping hole in Ecuador’s economy, this after President Lenin Moreno called back his elimination of fuel subsidies which provoked the violent protests. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

After ending protests, Ecuador faces dire economic outlook

By GONZALO SOLANO and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

IMF welcomes attempt to resolve dispute in Ecuador

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press