Mónica Rojas, dean of the School of Economics at Universidad San Francisco de Quito: “Days after the recent protests ended and an agreement between the government and Indigenous groups had been reached, three ministers resigned: those of health, transportation, and economy and finance. It is most likely that the minister of economy and finance had already planned his resignation weeks before and was waiting for the riots to end. In the case of the transportation minister, he had shown his frustration for being unable to count on all the financial resources he had hoped for to complete many projects. The minister of health may have been the most likely to have stepped aside because of the corruption scandals surrounding the public health sector, specifically those relating to public hospitals and the handling of medicine and medical supplies. I don’t expect more changes to the presidential cabinet any time soon. In the case of the new minister of economy and finance, his most important challenge will be to…”