Currency of Ecuador and the new. It was further arranged to have Banco del Ecuador import coin based on the French decimal system. García Moreno thus settled the basic problems of Ecuador's currency. In 1877 President Ignacio de Veintimilla authorized the free circulation of coin less than 900 fine, with the immediate result that good quality coin disappeared from circulation, replaced by coin from Chile and Bolivia that was only 500 fine. "Banco del Ecuador" issued notes for 2 & 4 reales and 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, 500 & 1000 pesos. "Banco Nacional", Guayaquil, issued notes briefly in 1871 for 2 and
History of the Jews in Brazil The Jewish Confederation of Brazil (CONIB) estimates that there are more than 120,000 Jews in Brazil. There have been Jews in what is now Brazil since the first Portuguese arrived in the country in 1500, notably Mestre João and Gaspar da Gama who arrived in the first ships. A number of Sephardic Jews immigrated to Brazil during its early settlements. They were known as "New Christians" ("Conversos" or "Marranos" — Jews obliged to convert to Roman Catholicism by the Portuguese crown). The Jews from Portugal avoided immigrating to Brazil, because they would also be persecuted by the Inquisition. Most of