I've only been to Ecuador once, but it seemed like people in general didn't trust the government and thought it was corrupt. If that is the case, Ecuador's problems wouldn't be monetary or fiscal at all, it'd be that they have a bunch of crooks robbing them blind.<p>It always seems like it's my lay-about, heavy-drinking, multiple-DUI-offending, chain-smoking, new-car-on-lease-every-two-years cousins who have the most trouble with money. I once saw one of them chug the leftover half of a bottle of whiskey, smash it over the back of his truck (oblivious to the damage he did to the tail light) and scream, "That's how we DO!" Yeah, you have no idea how truthfully you speak, you idiot. And those three kids by two women you had out of wedlock are the ones who suffer the most for it. But "live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse," amiright!?<p>If you don't get the analogy, my cousin is corrupt government, the kids are the people they govern. I'm not in general calling Ecuadorians drunken layabouts. And I'm not saying I specifically know this is the problem. I'm just saying, money is a communication of value, so if you have money problems, you most likely have value problems.