Post-Covid-19 situation in Ecuador

Despite this pandemic and its consequences,

how do you see your future in Ecuador?

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With the government having declared that the

covid emergency is over, I see little problem with

proceeding as before regarding my life and plans

in Ecuador.

My principal residence is my personally-owned

condo in Centro Histórico, Quito.

My principal concern in Ecuador is not disease,

but rather the security of my sector in light of

the indigenous protests that occur or are

threatened from time to time.

Fortunately, some of the indigenous leaders have

recognized that their chief tactic of last June when

they blockaded the roads in metro Quito and

other parts of Ecuador .. were as much a detriment

to indigenous families as they were an impediment

to the government.

Expats who live near the coast have other concerns ..

including upticks in crime attributed to narco-traffickers

and the earthquakes that devastate some communities

unpredictably from time to time.

The coast of the country lies along the

Ring of Fire and is geographically

susceptible to seismic challenges that can be

incredibly destructive.  The 2016 quake, measured at

7.8 magnitude, showed the vulnerability of properties

such as high-rise condos that some Expats had purchased.

Cracks appeared in the walls of some such condos ..

rendering some buildings uninhabitable, at least

for a while.

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