Today the only currency in Ecuador is the US dollar. Street buskers playing to passers-by place a hat on the ground in front of them. It is filled with collections of dimes, nickels, quarters and a few dollar bills. Process complete The government's decision to adopt the US dollar is its latest, boldest attempt to try to beat inflation and bring about economic stability. Now, even in the country's remotest areas, there are no sucres left.
Rain falls into a bucket in a small town in Ecuador's Amazon region.
This is one of the most inaccesible parts of the country - yet even here its only dollars and cents. Pedro and Gladys sell fruit juice from a stall at the side of the road. They say they are against the introduction of the dollar. We were very so used to Ecuadorian money. We knew what it was worth - how to use it and so on.