Bolsonaro behind the curve, Ecuador debt talks

Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have surged to nearly 3,000 in Brazil over the past week, and the stumbling response from President Bolsonaro could deepen and prolong the economic damage. Elsewhere, Ecuador became the region’s first sovereign debt casualty of the coronavirus. Unusually, given the country’s recent track record with default, this looks set be an orderly restructuring.

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