Ecuador is a great place to live. It is ranked best retirement place for three years. I will tell you something you don’t know about Ecuador. The people that live in Ecuador are called Ecuadorians. Ecuador has a few Hispanic ethnic groups. Mestizo (71.9%), Monotubio (7.4%), Afro-Ecuadorian (7.2%), Ameri-Indian (7%), White (6.1%), and Others (0.4%). 91.9% of the country identifies as having a religion. Of those following a religion, 80.4% are Roman Catholic, 11% are Protestants, 1.3% are Jehovah’s Witnesses, and 6.9% identify with other faiths such as Judaism, Buddhism, and the Latter Day Saints. Ecuador has also has many Hispanic languages, like Spanish. Regional languages include Kichwa and Shuar. Ecuador’s culture is influenced by Hispanic-Mestizo, Spanish-Amerindian, and African-Elements.
Government and Politics
Ecuador has a similar government to the USA. They have a Unitary, Presidential, and a Constitutional Republic. Their president is Rafael Correa. He was elected in January 15, 2007. Their Vice president is …show more content…
In 1999 a 2000, Ecuador was bankrupt with GDP by only only 5.3% and poverty increasing by a lot. After the Congress' approval, Ecuador's president started to adopt US dollars to use in Ecuador. Ecuador gets $180.2 billion Per Capita in total. They get $11,244 Per Capita. They get 59.6% of their money from GDP Composition, 34.4% from the industry, and Agriculture. Their main exports are crude petroleum, bananas, and crustaceans. They make 527,200bbl/day. They also have China give them money while they sell them oil. They borrowed seven billion dollars from them. Then they started to rely on China giving them money too much. So they just sold some of their rainforests to o China. They do this because they don't sell much from the products that they sell. I think in the future, Ecuador's government will shutdown because of all the problems in the economy they