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excellent video very well done bro

*** I'm sorry this is so long however, like yourself, I tend to be long-winded. I hope all who read this find it as informative as I intended. *** I hate to say it, but unless Ecuador really steps up its actions against crime, crime will not end. Unless they cut off the heads of the snakes, the snake never dies. Even Bukele has not accomplished everything people give him credit for. I have watched independent videos by international news sources demonstrating that Bukele has not depleted crime in his country. He has more prisoners than the amount of criminals, and cartel members, than he stated existed before his crackdown. Merchants are still being extorted the same as before. There are still many violent crimes but the media isn't allowed to report the crime. I fear the only solution is to make agreements with the top 2 or 3 cartels and in exchange for them eliminate the violence against politicians and the people along with helping to police the other gangs and mafias and offer them uninterrupted business. However; if they have any members in prison they won't get special privileges. If they break the rules they go to prison as a true prisoner. Is your computer not hooked up to the internet. Does it not have access to Zoom. If you and Lisa have Zoom you can do an interview with her on your computer instead of your phone. As for safety even if a peace agreement is needed then so be it. The Cartels are never going to leave. Once they are here they are here. The best thing, unless you think like me, is to make peace and have an agreement that keeps people safe. Just never go as far as Mexico. Most of their cities, from what I understand, are controlled by cartels and the government allows them to do so. As far as gentrification, I have no problem if gentrification is by the choice of the Ecuadoreans. If expats are gentrifying that I don't agree with. Expats need to stop pricing Ecuadoreans out of their homes. Gringolandia(I think that's the zone in Cuenca) was created for middle-class Ecuadoreans but expats are pricing them out because they pay more than market value. If my health allows me to move to Cuenca I would move to Gringolandia. I also can't support a person leaving their homeland just to make the new homeland the same. I think ex-pats should not try to change laws, traditions, local habits, and lifestyles. If they want to live in their homeland then they need to stay where they lived before they migrated As far as the USA or Canada, earning thousands is actually less than what you make economically speaking. You need, on average, to make around $8,000 or more per month depending on where you live. The average rental is $3,300 a month. Most homes sell on average nationally for $2.5M or more. I'm not saying you can't live cheaper but it isn't easy. My landlord never raised my rent in 10 years and I am so lucky. My son makes almost $100K a year and he has a family of 4 and can barely make ends meet. The saddest part is he only lives 1 1/2 blocks from me. I make ends meet because I have a roommate along with my SSDI. As long as there are violent crimes a person may need a gun for survival. The use of a gun for minor crimes is not reasonable. Having a gun or rifle in your home for personal protection in the event of a home invasion by someone willing to harm you and /or your family. I have never owned a gun but I do plan on getting one once I move to Ecuador because if I don't move to the coast I will be moving into the highlands such as Tena or other country life. Also, living in the Amazon Jungle I would need to protect myself against snakes and other dangerous critters. A gated community is only as safe as its residents. Buying a home in Ecuador requires cash since expats cannot get financing. In exchange for enough cash, anyone can let someone rob or attack you. I would love to get some land in the same area as Jesse. As soon as I find a homestead, I'd want one with access to at least one or two rivers of running water connected to a lake. I don't want my water supply to be cut off by someone. If you feel anxious, you should see a doctor. On another hand tho if you only have that problem when traveling on a bus it is more of a psychological effect. That is an issue that you would have to take relaxers when traveling something like diazepam but not strong enough to knock you out. You might be able to get help from a doctor. I think a person, especially from the USA, leaving Ecuador because of the current crime they should know that no city in Ecuador is as dangerous as many major cities in the USA. I don't feel that expats from the States are being directed at them directly. Like you always say if you don't get involved you for the most part have not much to worry about. As for you traveling to other cities to make videos I think for now you need to just focus on your city. There are other channels for viewers to watch if they want info outside of Portoviejo. Even all the info I ask you for pertains to your city. Manta I ask Don. Salinas I ask Living Loving Abroad who by the way is talking about moving. Cuenca I watch Luis of Ecuador. I'm laughing about someone complaining they paid for a Coke. Unless they had a gun pointed at their head it's their problem. Here in Florida if it's a can it costs $2.75 a can from a machine, $3.50 in-store, or $6.00 from a street vendor. If it's a 16.9 oz bottle you pay $3.50 in machine, $4.50 in-store, and not available from street vendors. If you pay the price then don't whine about it. As for moving out, Ecuador and many South American nations, have multigenerational households. Stay home as long as you can with your parents. Once they are gone you will wish you had spent more time with them when they were here. Unlike the USA where it is not common for a man to live with their parents past the age of 21. I wish I had spent more time with my parents when they were here. You will know when you're ready to move out on your own. Cotacachi is a nice place from what I hear if looking for a cooler climate. I fear that the expats are pricing most Ecuadoreans out. Not all expats from the states pay taxes on income in Ecuador. Retirees with incomes under $25K pay no federal income taxes but in some States they must pay taxes on the SSA pension regardless of income. Everyone pays the IVA in Ecuador. However, as for income taxes, everyone should pay according to income. Sure we spend our money in Ecuador and support a family via the cost of rent or spending our money. However, we pay rent to mostly realtors in the USA but still our rent pays to support their families. So that is just a way of saying they deserve special privileges. I don't pay taxes on my SSDI but if I made more I wouldn't mind paying taxes. My pension in Ecuador would afford me enough to pay income tax in Ecuador. Ecuadoreans should be educated in the economics of the North American Continent. The USA and Canada pay much better because of minimum wage laws. Our minimum wages are based on hourly salaries. Many refer to them as slave labor. An Ecuadorean here made the comment that he feels like a slave because when he gets paid he still has no money to send home to his family and can't save enough to move back. He commented that he was better off in Ecuador and regretted his move. Unless RUclips changed its policy you can't show the kids without permission from parents. Don't waste your time with trolls. The comment from this person about deleting comments sounds like a troll.

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We have been watching and following your videos since we started investigating life & expats in Ecuador. I love that you do not gloss over the facts or show only the good things about Ecuador. Keep up the good work. We have been living here in Ecuador for a year now. We love it here.

Just an FYI: Chicago, Illinois in the US has the strongest anti-gun laws in the US and also the highest gun violence. What does this teach us? Criminals prefer unarmed victims. Check the news to learn what happened there over the 4th of July weekend recently.

Please get checked. Get a prostate exam, get your kidneys checked, find out why you're peeing so much. On the Ecuadorian side of my family, my grandfather and uncle had kidney stones and needed surgery. And another uncle had prostate cancer; he also had to have surgery and undergo chemo. All of them had frequent urination as a symptom. Please get yourself checked; it's better to be safe than sorry!

1. So far this feels like driving in NYC. 2. I'm not proud of the ugly laugh that left me at Guayaquil being no mans land for driving. 3. Cars bullying me or trying to, make me put my car in park and get out the car curse them out. (I know I'm going to get into a fight if I drive in the homeland 😭) 4. Texas rules for speed limits, got it! 😉 So what happens when there is an accident? Do you call the cops?

"Ecuadorians are the nicest people you'll ever know." Y'all never met my relatives 😮‍💨

As a US expatriate who's lived in Ecuador for over 10 years, I agree with your assessment 1000%. The lack of a sense of personal responsibility and the inability to admit guilt when they do something wrong is probably the most frustrating. Then there's what we expats refer to as the "Gringo Tax," meaning that we typically pay more for everything there. Because I speak Spanish, I can (and do) negotiate prices for things, and local Ecuadorians tend to respect you more and be willing to negotiate when you can speak the language. Thank you for your openness and honesty regarding this topic.

I think favoritism and corruption go hand in hand in most cases, and they are almost everywhere in every country. Unfortunately, it's embedded and It's part of the economy.

Acknowledging the problem is the first step toward the solution. Thanks for your brutal honesty!

Every good job deserves dinero !! thanks Ace for your good videos, always well documented.

My family is from Ecuador, but I never had the chance to visit until some family recently got their papers, and I’ll be going for the first time next month ❤️

Ibarra - no, I do not think it is a good place to go. "Hoy en Imbabura" regularly publishes stories about acts of violence there.

Well but if someone does not want to tell you where they live - just do not go visit

So sorry to hear about Joe 😢

Hey Ace, missed the live, watching now. Mexico was not for me. Moved home in the interim. Cheers from Sweden

If you want, I can pick you up from Guayaquil bring you to Vilca and bring you back. Just let me know!

It is simply terrifying how life looks there. I would like to come to Ecuador, I can come, but I decide not to

Thanks for your Vlogs, I really appreciate them. One thing I realize is that unfortunately you are looking at things very often from a very social-romantic point of view without a lot of knowledge on how economy actually works. I don't want to sound patronizing, but people are not kept poor by paying them not more! What is paid is negotiated between the person who is selling, a product or work, and the person who is buying! That is what is the free market! One one is keeping anybody from asking more or paying more. It is just what the market is at this moment. And paying people here what they are being paid in the US is ridiculous because then you will have the same cost of living here in Ecuador like in the US, with is easily $3000-4000 a month. With the self-defense against crime it is very simple! Either the government is doing their job and is defending the people or the people have to defend themselves! Easy!

Sadly, those who made videos on how great it is to live in Ecuador( HAPPIEST PLACE IN ECUADOR by AJ and Amelia) got out as soon as they qualified for their passport. They are not returning. But all of you who listened to their cheery message moved there. You forget, they are making a profit on you and will be speaking at Nomad Capitalist in Malaysia in September to let others know how they can use a country and then leave. The truthful one is GM ACE. He is genuinely updating those of us who just wanted to visit.

Hello ACE! Do you want to live in Ecuador? Would you move to USA if you could? Would you marry if offered so you could move? I hate to see you in a country that is collapsing.

Great content and togetherness! Thanks for sharing your time and the valuable info👍💖

USA puts puppet president and pays off politicians, they make changes to laws that make it easier for USA to get involved. USA increase the violence, then host country asks USA for help, but help is just more violence ... USA gets $$$$$, host country get bad press and violence

Yes, AMLO and Trump ended the Merida Initiative and Fast Furious in Mexico. USA weapons makers are loosing billions. CIA used to choose Mexico's presidents, AMLO was a legit president, had nothing to do with the USA. ...so CIA used the Merida Initiative to give weapons to Mex army to fight the DEA Fast Furious drug cartels. USA weapons makers made billions in sales and USA banks make billions for drug sales. USA is moving the drug war over to Ecuador.

If a person reaches 40 years old and has never been convicted of a crime, they should be encouraged to have a gun. Honest public people can police a town.

I also would be very interested in Cuenca happenings. I will be there August & September this year 2024. Then to Quito for a week. Thank you 😊

Ace, Lasso changed the gun law in April 2023 but never instituted a functional system for legally bearing arms. Ace, as an Ecuadorian and not a Gringo, you haven't experienced being a Gringo; thus, you can not articulate the forces against Gringos to get their cash. It's on every level from the moment one arrives. As a recent Vilcabamba resident, I can join you in a live stream to hammer out actual issues that occur there daily. Simply visiting a place would not result in gaining information that takes years to compile and process.

A Warning from personal experience: ECUADOR will kill your dreams.

Great video but some things we respectfully dont agree with. Like your comment at the 49 minute mark. Its the same thinking as Canada as they even told its citizens to leave their car keys in an outside box for the criminals in the hope that they wont break in their homes.So are we supposed to simply allow the criminals to take over? Where do we draw the line? Even the liberals( unfortunately I grew up in a Democratic home who have ruined their states and have either moved to Texas, Tennesee, Florida or Ecuador) and are now spreading their mentality in their new locations and ruining their new states because they refuse to see that they cannot run away from themselves... and the liberal goverment wanting to ban the 2nd amendment under the rue of gun safety along with guns with magazines of more than 10 rounds. So if these groups of 2 or more you speak of show up at your home you are screwed without a large capacity magazine as a handgun would not be enough. If criminals know everyone is carrying they are less likely to target those people. That is why 29 states most all Conservative are now Constitutional carry. So the criminals, bad government and outside forces need to pit us against each other silently. So whats the choice? Do we bend over and give in or say enough is enough? Germany etc did exactly this. They made up stupid laws slowly over a 20 to 30 years period to remove guns, made restricted laws, then pitted Jews, Gypsies and Germans against each other etc... People never learn and is why history continues to repeat itself. The 1st amendment is protected by the second amendment and the 2nd amendment would not be possible without the 1st amendment. I wonder how long it will take this message to disappear with people hiding behind their computers reporting comments that they dont like. When will it stop?

Keep up the content you will reach 100k and more 😊

Who is Joe? What happened? Everyone needs the means to protect themselves, always be prepared and trained and no gun zones is where most all of the mass shootings happen. People need to come back to reality

What is the S word? 🙏🏼

Buenas & good morning 🌅.

We NEED HELP in Loja province!

Many in Ecuador whine about gas and other price being raised to pay for security and then cry about crime. Its like the whiners about not wanting oil and other fossil fuels businesses here while wearing clothes, glasses etc driving in their cars all possible due to petroleum. Then they wonder why they are third world

Hi Ace: I was thinking when you have a few minutes could you schedule a collaboration with Luis of Ecuador. He always covers Cuenca. You cover the coast. It will be interesting for people to see the events on both sides. I know you are very busy.

Buenas...missed your Live, watching now 🤙

Crisis? What Crisis?

Its hard to reply to comments when they are allowed to go into your Spam folder. That's what happens when people who don't like an opinion reports it to shut others up. You have to go to your Spam folder and click that they are not Spam. When you don't...you are basically agreeing with those practice and censoring comments