Dollar blues.Angelita Maila would rather be roasting cuys, or guinea pigs guin·ea pig (g  n  )n. , than fried plantains plantain (plăn`tĭn), any plant of the genus Plantago, chiefly annual or perennial weeds of wide distribution. Many species are lawn pests and the pollen is often a hay fever irritant. P. on the street-side grill she owns near a monument where tourists flock to straddle Straddle An options strategy with which the investor holds a position in both a call and put with the same strike price and expiration date. Notes: Straddles are a good strategy to pursue if an investor believes that a stock's price will move significantly, but is unsure as to which direction. The stock price must move significantly if the investor is to make a profit. the equatorial line. But since Ecuador abandoned its sucre Sucre, city (1992 pop. 131,769), S central Bolivia, constitutional capital of Bolivia and capital of Chuquisaca dept. Since 1898, La Paz has been the administrative capital of Bolivia. Sucre was founded in 1538 and called La Plata; the city was also called Chuquisaca and Charcas. It was given its present name in 1839 in honor of the revolutionary leader Antonio José de Sucre. currency for the dollar last year to halt an economic crisis, the price of cuy has increased threefold. "With the dollar everything has gone up," says the 35-year-old mother of four. "A whole cuy now costs US$10." Ecuadorians themselves are feeling like guinea pigs these days after the government replaced the century-old currency with the dollar, in September, to control inflation and broaden trade ties. If the experiment works, several other Latin American nations are poised to take the plunge. Most of the 12.5 million inhabitants of Ecuador believe that the change has brought some improvements to this impoverished Andean nation.
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