A Song for Unsung Heroes: Getting #AmericansHome from Ecuador
BY AMELIA SHAW
U.S. Mission Ecuador
U.S. Mission Ecuador
When the order came down on March 12 that the country would be going into lockdown, many in U.S. Mission Ecuador were still processing what that would mean. School closings. Curfews. A run on the local supermarkets. A medical system overwhelmed.
But for the consular teams in Quito and Guayaquil it simply meant let’s get to work. And for Alex Delorey, Ecuador’s consular coordinator with 17 years of Foreign Service experience, this was a situation for which there is no preparation.