The California Highway Patrol is the largest state police agency in the United States, with more than 10,500 employees, 7,200 of whom are sworn officers, according to FBI data.
Ecuadorâs official currency is the US dollar. Aside from Euros, Peruvian soles and Colombian nuevos soles, itâs very difficult to change foreign currencies in Ecuador. Western Union offices are in most big cities. Better restaurants add a 12% tax and a 10% service charge to the bill.
Ecuador (/ËÉkwÉdÉËr/ EK-wÉ-dor, Spanish: [ekwaËÃ°or]) (Quechua: Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: RepÃºblica del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east ...