Posted in Ecuador on Feb 4th, 2012
Here is a new luxury Cuenca penthouse for sale. Located right on the Tomebamba River in a great neighborhood only minutes from shopping and downtown, this unit features 2 Master Suites and a guest bedroom with its own bath plus a powder room. It is easily one of the nicest properties in Cuenca with lots of [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Feb 3rd, 2012
An incident at Magnolia and Arlington… a Riverside California intersection, can help us see three valuable lessons about turning your passion into profit through writing and publishing that can help you earn and serve in Ecuador or wherever you go in the world. Our son, Jake, sent Merri and me several books on citrus. Gosh, [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Feb 2nd, 2012
Earn from Freedom of the Press Many Ecuador business people have written to me about their concerns about the trend towards authoritarianism in Ecuador. It has come with a radicalization of policies regarding business that raises uncertainty. In making decisions on whether to invest, business is torn between the need to expand to meet an [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Feb 1st, 2012
Clean Ecuador Water & Skies are important stuff. Photograph by Sebastian Liste for TIME from Times article Rain Forest with caption “Heart of the forest Ecuador’s Napo River feeds into the Amazon in oil-rich Yasuni National Park” A February 2012 Times article “Rain Forest for Ransom” by Bryan Walsh outlines the importance of Ecuador’s environment [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Jan 31st, 2012
Ecuador real estate MLS February 2012 Ecuador Real Estate MLS Ecuador Multiple Listings: February 2012, plus links to earlier listings. Seller details are available at the password protected Ecuador Living club site. See how to get an Ecuador Living Club password here. Order fresh Ecuador roses for Valentines Day this week. New Listings: * Cuenca [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Jan 30th, 2012
Here are some more insights on Ecuador real estate, inflation and Ecuador’s unknown. Cuenca from above. A number of readers commented on our recent about inflation and inflation in Cuenca. One reader wrote: At long last last someone is speaking the truth and telling it like it is without all the hype Thank you for [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Jan 29th, 2012
There is a puzzle because Ecuador’s bio diversity offers so many things to try. The farm we bought in 1999 has sugar cane, citrus, berries, avocados and incredible bio diversity. Ecuador’s bio diversity cannot be in doubt. The UN has co-produced a study that lists scientific details of Amazon plant species alone that can be [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Jan 28th, 2012
There are growing Ecuador inflation concerns. Ecuador flights may be down as Ecuador inflation flies. Ecuador’s 2011 annual inflation rate closed at 5.4%. This is 4.7%, higher than in Ecuador’s South American trade partner and more than 2% than in the U.S. This is of special concern because the inflation is in US dollars and [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Jan 27th, 2012
Ecuador living makes it easier to feel good and good health is the underlying fundamental to all wealth especially in time of stressful change. Wherever you live…. Ecuador, USA, Canada or eanywhere, 2012 could be a year of great stress especially if currency markets come unglued 53 days from now. A USA today article entitled [...]
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Posted in Ecuador on Jan 26th, 2012
Don’t Get Caught in Ecuador Without Cash. I have been caught in a foreign country without cash twice… so please read this message carefully. First time was in Singapore… 1971. The US dollar was unhinged from gold for the first time and devalued. I had plenty of cash… greenbacks but nobody would take them. That [...]
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