I believe it was Ecuador, based on this government file released by the cia:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000437007.pdf
Hey there!
Many farmers had borrowed large amounts of money to pay for land and farm equipment, this would be the reason why<span> a large percentage of farmers in the late 1800's had high amounts of debt, because they had borrowed alot of money.
The word (dept) means when you borrow alot of money, and when you have a hard time paying it back.
If I were to borrow $500 from a bank, and I only have $150, I would be able to pay what I need with that $500, but the thing is, I only have $150, this would mean that I would be in (dept) until I pay it off.
This is how it was with the farmer's in the late 1800's, they borrowed alot of money for there land and there equipment, but they couldn't pay it back
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Hope this helps.
~Jurgen
This question is meant as your personal opinion however based upon the laws and if you agree on them or not yes the government should be able to because the post office is a government owned agency therefore is run by the government and anybody working with him there is an employee of the city state and essentially the government