Lasso Fulfills Mass Ecuador Vaccination Pledge, Turns to Economy
- New president makes good on 100-day vaccination campaign vow
- Potentially hostile legislature poses next major challenge
A healthcare workers administer a Covid-19 vaccine dose at a site in Quito, Ecuador.
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Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso, who hit his key campaign pledge of vaccinating 9 million people in his first 100 days in office this week, will now have to try to use his sky high approval rating of 74% to push through tough economic reforms and fulfill a deal with the IMF.
Lasso, a 65-year-old former banker, took office May 24 with just 3% of the population vaccinated, so inoculating half of the country of 17.5 million people from Covid-19 by Sept. 1, struck many as an improbable feat at best.