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.
Correa, a champion of Ecuadorâs digital dollar, has long criticized the countryâs 2000 decision to abandon its own currency, the Sucre, and adopt the US dollar. But an increasingly hostile opposition accuse Correa of authoritarianism and worry that some of the new reforms are thinly veiled power grabs.