MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Out of the 587 victims, 539 have been identified, 20 of them are foreign nationals including from the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy and Germany. Most of the deaths occurred in the city of Manta.
On Wednesday, Ecuador’s president said that he planned to increase taxes and sell some state assets to raise funds to cover the costs of recovery efforts.
Ecuadorian workers earning over $1,000 a month will be required to contribute a day’s pay to cover the costs of reconstructing the country; those earning over $2,000 a month will have to contribute two days’ worth of salary, while those earning over $5,000 a month will make a contribution of a day’s pay over a period of five months, according to the presidential administration.
