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Stephen and Joanna Vargha moved to Ecuador from North Carolina after retiring early. The moved to Cuenca for its lower cost of living, vibrant culture, and welcoming expat community.
Cuenca is home to many retirees from all over the United States. [2] They were drawn there by quality health care, a booming social scene and a low cost of living. Americans first came to Cuenca in a slow trickle and many years later a deluge of retirees began settling there.
This is a list of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2024, using the 2022 data. [1] The following report is not official, but it is calculated with the official data of the indicators of the index, given by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), [2] and the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE). [3]
The Ecuadorian Constitution requires that all children attend school until they achieve a “basic level of education,” which is estimated at nine school years.. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [1] finds that Ecuador is fulfilling only 83.4% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [2]
The majority of the movies shown in movie theatres in Ecuador come from the United States and Spain. The movies are often in English, and have Spanish subtitles, but are sometimes translated for family movies. The Ecuador Film Company was founded in Guayaquil in 1924. During the early 1920s to early 1930s, Ecuador enjoyed its Cinema Golden Age era.
Ecuador’s ports are now a major exit point for South American cocaine headed to North America and Europe, the UN says. This newfound position in the international drug trade has sparked a ...
Ecuador experienced rapid population growth like most countries, but four decades of an armed conflict pushed millions of Ecuadorians out of the country. However, a rebound economy in the 2000s in urban centres improved the situation of living standards for Ecuadorians in a traditional class stratified economy.
Like Mexico, Ecuador is a largely Catholic country, and the Church condemns the practice of portraying death as a personality like in the case of Santa Muerte. ... Living a long time isn't just ...