Corpses Piled Up in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Offered a Menacing Vision of the Future for the Rest of Latin America as Covid-19 Spreads

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In early April 2020, the disturbing sight of abandoned cadavers in the streets of Guayaquil traumatized Latin Americans as pictures and videos went viral around the region. Local authorities struggled to address the crisis, generated by the explosive spread of the Covid-19 virus in Ecuador, while the families of the dead expressed their grief, anguish, fear, and uncertainty. The implications for where the pandemic will likely lead were becoming increasingly clear.

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