Although we live in Ecuador, we follow what’s going on in the United States with great interest. We know expats who are so unhappy with the direction of the country that they declare no desire to ever return.

We are not in that camp. We love our home country. Our family lives there and we visit them often. Whoever occupies the office of the presidency, we want nothing but the best for the nation.

Immigration and tariffs have dominated the news in recent months. As U.S. citizens residing in a foreign country, we perhaps have a different perspective on these issues that we would like to share.

Disclaimer ~ These are our thoughts only, for as we indicated above, others have widely different views on the current state of affairs.

Immigration

We find the controversy about this subject to be thought-provoking. When we arrived in Cuenca in 2010 (we celebrated our 15th expat anniversary in May), we needed to obtain Ecuadorian legal residency before our 90-day tourist visa expired.

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