Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ecuador During The COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT In 2020, Ecuadorian politics was not only constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also stirred by political instability and an intense online electoral campaign. In this article, we outline the Ecuadorian economic, social, and political context from February 2020 to February 2021. Then, w...

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Autores principales: Castellanos Santamaría,Ana Sofía, Dandoy,Régis, Umpierrez de Reguero,Sebastián
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2021
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-090X20210002003212021-09-08Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ecuador During The COVID-19 PandemicCastellanos Santamaría,Ana SofíaDandoy,RégisUmpierrez de Reguero,Sebastián COVID-19 Lenín Moreno general elections political instability Ecuador ABSTRACT In 2020, Ecuadorian politics was not only constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also stirred by political instability and an intense online electoral campaign. In this article, we outline the Ecuadorian economic, social, and political context from February 2020 to February 2021. Then, we explore the core measures and overall impacts of the COVID-19 on Ecuadorian politics. We also present the main institutional and policy changes, bearing in mind that 2020 was the last year of Lenín Moreno’s presidential term. In addition, this article examines the latest electoral reform and the main issues of the electoral campaign, as well as the key results of the national and Andean elections of February 2021.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.41 n.2 20212021-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2021000200321en10.4067/S0718-090X2021005000117
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topic COVID-19
Lenín Moreno
general elections
political instability
Ecuador
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Lenín Moreno
general elections
political instability
Ecuador
Castellanos Santamaría,Ana Sofía
Dandoy,Régis
Umpierrez de Reguero,Sebastián
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ecuador During The COVID-19 Pandemic
description ABSTRACT In 2020, Ecuadorian politics was not only constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, but also stirred by political instability and an intense online electoral campaign. In this article, we outline the Ecuadorian economic, social, and political context from February 2020 to February 2021. Then, we explore the core measures and overall impacts of the COVID-19 on Ecuadorian politics. We also present the main institutional and policy changes, bearing in mind that 2020 was the last year of Lenín Moreno’s presidential term. In addition, this article examines the latest electoral reform and the main issues of the electoral campaign, as well as the key results of the national and Andean elections of February 2021.
author Castellanos Santamaría,Ana Sofía
Dandoy,Régis
Umpierrez de Reguero,Sebastián
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title Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ecuador During The COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ecuador During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_full_unstemmed Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Ecuador During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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