Brazil’s far-right government requested the return of thousands of Cuban doctors to help fight the coronavirus. Months ago, President Jair Bolsonaro smeared the doctors as “terrorists” and expelled them. by Ben Norton Part 4 - Ecuador outsources coronavirus tests and rams through neoliberal reforms While countries around the world are seeking medical help from Cuba to contain the coronavirus, Washington’s allies in Latin America are failing to meet the basic needs of their populations. The US-backed, right-wing government of Lenín Moreno in Ecuador, which has joined Brazil and Colombia in supporting the Trump administration’s coup efforts against Venezuela and attempting to politically and economically isolate Cuba, decided to outsource coronavirus testing to private for-profit corporations. Ecuadorian companies are charging $250 to $300 per coronavirus test — in a country where the minimum wage is just $400 per month. At the same time, the repressive Moreno administ