Lebanese Ecuadorians

Lebanese diaspora: Europe Overseas Middle East Lebanese Ecuadorians are Ecuadorians who are descended from migrants from Lebanon.

There are approximately 100,000[3] Lebanese people and their descendants living in Ecuador.

[4] Early impoverished migrants tended to work as independent sidewalk vendors, rather than as wage workers in agriculture or others' businesses.

People of Lebanese background are very well represented in business and politics of the country.

Their prominence in politics provoked some backlash, with one politician warning of the "Bedouinization" of Ecuador.