Ecuador's Costa-Sierra route remains vulnerable to landslides; remedial work urged

An editorial in Expreso highlights that the strategic road connecting Ecuador's coast and highlands (Cuenca route) remains prone to landslides and rockfalls, with no major remediation yet. The piece calls for urgent remedial works or a rigorous evaluation of an alternative route. This underscores persistent infrastructure fragility in a key transport corridor, with implications for trade and mobility, though no new incident is reported.