currency
ecuador uses u.s. dollars as their currency. that's kind of a strange decision. you've tied your economy to another country's and no longer have any control over it. but i guess it's better than runaway inflation. assuming of course the u.s. economy is always going to be better than yours. actually they use our paper money. but they have their own coins. i guess, like us, their leaders like to see their own images in everyone's pockets.