"I'd rather prep 20 years too early than 20 minutes too late." Strategic Relocation Ecuador: https://linktr.ee/journeymanjackecuador
Someone once said that Ecuador is a country that is: •EASY to love- 😊
•HARD to understand-🤔😘
•Impossible to forget- 🥰😍
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30 SEPT 2010🪖#Ecuador (From 15 years ago) #ParoNacional2010 The #Quito Coup attempt on President Correa, a 1 week long nationwide protests and riots that culminated in a 45 minute automatic weapons shootout firefight between the National Police and the Ecu Military in North Quito at the National Police Hospital on Av Marian de Jesus y Av America just next door up hill from Hospital Metropolitano. ⛑
At the time i was living 4 blocks North of the shootout Av Moñasca & Av America. The Shootout rescue began about sundown,🌇Bullets were ricocheting around the neighborhood! The CS Riot Gas is very super strong and effective!! (makes me gag:( during this week of Paro / Strikes My Best Friend from GA. USA 'Bud' was visiting me for some good ole economical Ecuadorian Dental Work🦷
Bud has traveled way more and way longer than myself, when he finally made it back to my Casa from his dental appointment, he looked very pale and surprised, and Bud dont rattle too easily🤠
😇4 Ecuadorians Lost their Life during that 30SEP 2010 week of strikes protests and riots.✝️✝️✝️✝️-
23SEP25 by Susan S. Admin EE40k - ‘In Memoriam: Gerard Tretton-
In 2010, Gerard Tretton created Ecuador Expats. Almost sixteen years later, the group has grown to more than 40,000 members. I am proud to say I was one of the very first people he invited to join. I had known Gerard since at least 2005, when we were both part of a Yahoo group about moving to and living in Ecuador. That Yahoo group was tightly controlled, and eventually the founder kicked us both out, first me and then him. That was in late 2009. Gerard, being Gerard, would not be stopped. He recognized the new technology of Facebook, saw a better way to connect with people, and built it. That is the origin story of Ecuador Expats.
For nearly a decade, Gerard ran this group with persistence, humor, and resilience. When the time came to step back, he brought in David Sasaki as administrator. Soon after, both Elizabeth Drummond and I were invited to join the admin team, continuing the work Gerard had begun. Gerard became our administrator emeritus, watching the community grow on the foundation he had laid.
Gerard was a man who met life’s challenges head on and never let obstacles stop him. He built something lasting that has connected tens of thousands of people who came here seeking to make Ecuador their home. Today we honor his vision, his perseverance, and his friendship. May his memory be a blessing.
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RIP Gerard Tretton - (2014) 'Expatrtiate Stories: Cuenca, Ecuador Gerard Tretton is interviewed by Dr. Craig Zachlod - 5099 views, Feb 12, 2014, "This interview of Gerard Tretton is part of the series Expatriate Stories: Ecuador. We interviewed several expatriates who shared their stories, experience and advice about living as expatriates in Ecuador. Each expatriate story is unique. Our project goal is to acquire sponsorships and extend this education and entertainment project to many other locations in the world. We appeal to you for support and your participation." - https://youtu.be/fIJGkrmfj10?si=VGCYEvS7lzs-3_VH
#Quito (HOY / TODAY) SUN 21 SEP25 'New Car Show / Fair' last day of SHOW is Today at - el Centro de Convenciones Metropolitano del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, en el Parque Bicentenario. - PRECIO GENERAL $3.50 POR PERSONA - THE BEST OF THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD RETURNS TO QUITO - More than 200 models of cars, hybrids, electrics, SUVs, trucks, and work vehicles from leading brands await you. • 2026 Model Launches • Financing Plans • Exclusive Trade Show Benefits • Automotive Accessories and Services - https://aeade.net/automundo-2025/#vehiculo
This years AUTOMUNDO FAIR 2025 Admission Tix are $3.50 for adults and $1.75 for children, people with disabilities, and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the fair box office and paid in cash, by credit card, or by DeUna.Has 40 brands!! of light and heavy vehicles will participate: cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and trucks. You'll find the best selection of: Lynk&Co, Honda, Chevrolet trucks and light vehicles, Hyundai, MG, Nissan, Ford Quito Motors, Renault, Baic, Foton, Suzuki, Seres, DFSK, JAC Autos, Volkswagen, GAC, Isuzu, Changan, Kia, JAC Motors, Jeep, RAM, Fiat, Jetour, Karry, Zeekr, Chery, Mazda, Sinotruck, Dongfeng, GWM, Smart, BYD, and more...." - https://automagazine.ec/automundo-2025-llega-con-sorpresas-200-modelos-40-marcas-y-mas/
(🤠"Juss lemme know, if yah wanna go"😴Come on out the weathers fine,🥳☀️ Dont fear the reefer🚬 / reaper 🥷🏼- Dont worry be happy about you just gottz a few more last minute 🧨🎱👹#Prepping4ParoEcuador2025 🇪🇨👺🪖= MRAPVs = 'Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle' (MRAPV), also known as MRAP vehicle, "is a type of armoured personnel carrier that is designed specifically to 'gitter done'" - near end of his term Pres Lasso contracted and bought 60 mravp units from israel,
and Pres Noboa bought 60 more from turkey🦃gobble gobble [24provinces so do the math, what cud poss go wrong? 🇪🇨] - "I'll be home for Xmassss, if only in my dreams"🎅🏽Me and the Q-Valley Custom Shop Crew from Tumbaco will bees🐝 there from 12noon to Dark:30🧛🏻♂️closing time⏰)
MON 22SEP25 @(00:01) just after Midnight this Sunday is SET TO BE GO TIME 👹- 18SEP25 (16:00) 'Where the Road Blocks & Protests Once Again are Flaring Up in Ecuador- by 'Mr. Second Passport' - Description in comments- by JJinEcu- 😟win yah get all jammed up at the UIO ✈this weekend, and next week and the remainder of SEPT, you can always lodge at QAS🏘= 'Quito Airport Suites' spa resort- its ez to find on mr googley > 'Quito Airport Suites'👺dont take this one lightly, 👹it cud wind up being a real humdinger🦤- "the rich get richer,🎩and the poor have more childrens"👨👩👧👦 - https://youtu.be/y8uGbuqM7ck?si=slTinbIzMeiD1-4G
Description in the comments by JJinEcu: “They built like a tank, but i think the nomenclature is MRAPVs = 'Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle' (MRAPV), also known as MRAP vehicle, "is a type of armoured personnel carrier that is designed specifically to 'gitter done'"
...down in the Ambato area they are dealing with ied uid dui - we miss you Sr 2ndo Pp on 2 fer Tuesdays, come see US/CAN/ECU do it 1more time, i think u missed the 30SEP 2010 coup attempt, (1week) it was a gooden and is ez found here on youtube 45 min firefight, we tuffed out OCT 2019 (2weeks) together at reg civil, JUN 2022 (2weeks) "was a pretty fair burn boys" - Gen Sherman -
Here comes NOW (nwo imf)This SEP/OCT 2025 they gonna gitt down and boogey-oogie like never boogied b4- this also ez to find on youtube-
(1978) A taste of honey-[Chorus] Get on up on the floor 'Cause we're gonna boogie-oogie-oogie 'Til you just can't boogie no more (No more boogie) Boogie no more (No more boogie) You can't boogie no more (No more boogie) Boogie no more (No more boogie)
Listen to the music [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] There's no time to waste (Ooh) Let's get the show on the road Listen to the music and let your body flow The sooner we begin, the longer we've got to groove! (Ooh) Listen to the music and let yo' body move (Music feelin') @JourneymanJackinEcuador
...i have lived and worked here full time in the Relocation Rentals & Realty Ecuador field since 2008, If your ever up near the UIO Quito way for 8 years in a row we meet at the same venue,
Come join US/CAN/ECU do it, we have an Expats meet and greet lunch at 'El Patio' each TUE in the Valley in Cumbaya just east of Quito halfway to the UIO int airport, We look fwd to meeting you if ever over this way,...each and every Tuesday -
08JUL25 🛟 'Ecuador's Noboa plans referendum to reopen U.S. military base in Manta-
"Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said a national referendum will be held by the end of 2025 to decide whether to allow the return of a U.S. military base in the coastal city of Manta.
"The installation of foreign military bases is one of my government's priorities to strengthen international cooperation on security," Noboa told the Corriere della Sera newspaper during a recent tour of Europe.
He added that support could also come from European nations to help Ecuador combat transnational organized crime.
Ecuador's National Assembly approved on June 3 a partial constitutional amendment to lift the country's long-standing ban on foreign military bases. The current constitution declares Ecuador a "territory of peace" and prohibits such installations.
The amendment still requires approval from the Constitutional Court and a national referendum before it can take effect....."
"....."The return of the United States to Manta and other locations is a positive step for our cooperation against drug trafficking in the Pacific," said Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S. Army War College. He said the move has led to "misunderstandings in the press and has been distorted by the left."
Ana María Cordero, former anti-corruption minister under President Guillermo Lasso, said the United States would likely aim to install a radar platform at the Manta base to track drug trafficking.
Opposition lawmakers in Ecuador — particularly from the Citizen Revolution movement founded by former President Rafael Correa — have opposed reopening the base, arguing it would represent a major loss of national control and a setback to Ecuador's status as a "territory of peace."
They argue that security cooperation should not require foreign military bases on Ecuadorian soil, but should instead rely on specific agreements for technical or intelligence support.
The port of Manta sits 25 nautical miles from an international trafficking route and about 24 hours by sea from the Panama Canal — a strategic point along drug smuggling routes to Central and North America....." -
Independence Day 4th of July / CANADA Day 2025 Combo @Romeros Hamburgers
🍔RutaViva🛣️Tumbaco #Quito Come see US you CAN Do it! - 'Journeyman
Jack In Ecuador'-
25JUN25 "Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced this Thursday the capture of Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias "Fito ," considered the leader of the Los Choneros organized crime group.
"For those who opposed and doubted the need for the Solidarity and Intelligence laws : thanks to those laws, Fito was captured today and is in the hands of the Security Bloc," the president posted on the social network X.
"We have done our part to proceed with Fito's extradition to the United States , and we await your response. Have a good afternoon, Ecuador," Noboa added.
The criminal leader had been on the run for over a year and a half , after escaping from the Guayaquil Regional Prison and hiding his tracks while the country was engulfed in a spiral of violence, culminating in the brief takeover of a television station.
'Fito,' who was serving a 34-year sentence for organized crime, drug trafficking, and murder , escaped on January 7, 2024, as he was about to be transferred to La Roca, a maximum-security prison located on the outskirts of the port city. Developing news"
