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QUITO, Ecuador
Former banker Guillermo Lasso, sworn in as Ecuador’s new president Monday, said he would escalate efforts to vaccinate people to protect them from COVID-19 and work to revive an economy hit hard by the pandemic.
So far, Ecuador has vaccinated just 3% of the total population of 17 million, and the country is struggling with high unemployment and debt levels. Lasso wants his new government to vaccinate 9 million people in his first 100 days in office, and he has reached out to pharmaceutical companies in the United States, China and Russia in hopes of reaching that goal.
“It will not be a government that only promises,″ said Lasso, 65, who was elected in April in his third run for the presidency, replacing President Lenín Moreno.
Latin America s Most Significant Event for Foreign Investment, the Brasil Investment Forum, to Make Virtual Return in 2021
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BRASÍLIA, Brazil, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency – along with its partners, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Brazilian Federal Government – is pleased to host the two-day Brasil Investment Forum (BIF) next week on May 31 and June 1. It is anticipated that BIF will feature opening remarks from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, along with other exciting keynotes and panel discussions from the world s largest companies, key decision-makers, and representatives from the press and academia, to disc
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As Ecuadorians, we all share the same destiny, it is everyone s obligation to assume the challenges that the future imposes on us, enormous challenges that cannot be faced in isolation, Lasso said
Quito: Former banker Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as president of Ecuador on Monday (May 24), saying he will escalate efforts to vaccinate people to protect them from COVID-19 and work to revive an economy hit hard by the pandemic.
So far, Ecuador has vaccinated just 3 percent of the total population of 17 million, and the country is struggling with high unemployment and debt levels.
Lasso wants his new government to vaccinate nine million people in his first 100 days in office, and he has reached out to pharmaceutical companies in the United States, China and Russia in hopes of reaching that goal.
Pandemic orphans, the forgotten victims of Covid-19 in Brazil 2 minutes read
By Carlos Meneses Sánchez
Jundiaí, Brazil, May 25 (EFE).- “I lost my dad, my mom and my grandpa in the course of two weeks.” A retelling of the same words can be heard all across Brazil.
Thousands of children have been orphaned by Covid-19, victimized by an overlooked tragedy still unaddressed by public institutions.
At least 45,000 children and teenagers have lost both parents to the pandemic, according to preliminary estimates by Brazil’s Institute for Applied Economic Research.
Julia, Valentina and Heloísa are now in the care of their grandparents in Jundiaí, a small city in the state of Sao Paulo. They are six, three, and one, respectively.