Lee Harrison came to International Living after a 30-year career in the U.S. electric power industry in many diverse locations. After 12 years with Bechtel Power Corporation, where he started as an electrician, Lee moved to Exelon Generation (the nation’s largest power generator) where he ultimately served as a director. Taking advantage of a post merger early retirement offer, he left in 2001 at age 49 and moved to Cuenca, Ecuador.
Now he lives and works in Uruguay, spending most of his time at the beach resort of Punta del Este, but also part time in Montevideo as well as the island of Itamaracá in Brazil.
As International Livings’s Latin America Roving Editor, Lee Harrison roams Central and South America in search of the best retirement destinations and property buys.