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Hello, my name is Fabian Guaman.

I am a painter; I have been doing this job for the last 8 years. During all this time I have leaned new techniques, I have sharpened my skills, and I have gained so much experience.

The jobs that I usually do is; paint entire houses both inside and outside, decks, yards, halls, walls, windows, cabinets, doors etc. I also make room divisions and clean windows and wall in general.

You can speak with my former customers to get some references about my job, please contact them to:

Fausto Sicha, Faustosicha@aol.com

Informacion del Ecuador

NAME
Republica del Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador)

LOCATION
Ecuador is located in the northwestern part of South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean on the west, Columbia on the North and Peru on the South and the East. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 600 miles west of the mainland.

TIME ZONE
GMT/UTC -5 in Continental Ecuador. GMT/UTC -6 in Galapagos.

AREA
283,520 sq km

POPULATION
12.5 million inhabitants

PEOPLE
40% mestizo, 40% Indian, 15% Spanish descent, 5% African descent

GOVERNMENT
Republic. President elected for a 4-year period.
President Mr. Alfredo Palacio (got to the power on 2005)

GDP
US$ 41.7 billion

GDP PER CAPITA
US$ 3,100

INFLATION
8.2%

CURRENCY & EXCHANGE RATE
Ecuador uses the U.S dollar since january 2001

There are coin denominations, made in Ecuador (ecuadorian dollars) which are mixed with the original U.S coins.

Travellers checks are accepted in hotels. They are a safe way to transport your money. You can also use your credit card for payments in restaurants and attractions, but always take with you some cash specially in the little villeages.

LANGUAGE
Spanish is the official language of the Republic of Ecuador. Even though other languages and dialects are spoken by the different ethnic groups in Ecuador. Among these languages, quechua is the most spoken, it is spoken in the towns of the rocky mountain range and jungle where there is two dialects, quechua of napo and the pastaza quechua. Several small lowland groups speak their own languages. English is understood in the best hotels and in airline offices and travel agencies, but it's of little use elsewhere.

RELIGION
Over 90% Roman Catholic, small minority of other Christian denominations. Indigenous Ecuadorians, however, have blended Catholicism and their traditional beliefs.

GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
Ecuador is divided in four regions:

The Coastal Area (Litoral)
The Andean Highlands (Sierra)
The Amazon (Oriente)
The Galapagos Islands.