The US dollar is used as official currency in several countries besides the United States. Ecuador and Zimbabwe both switched to the US dollar after financial crises made their local currencies ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has issued Executive Decree No. 565, formally reaffirming the US dollar as the country's sole official means of payment amid a looming presidential election and ...

The executive order ratifying the use of the U.S. dollar was issued in the Andean city of Cuenca, in southern Ecuador, where Noboa carries out official duties, and published on the presidency's ...