Ecuador Plans to Host a US Military Base in the Galapagos Islands to Fight Drug Trafficking
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa announced this morning the possible installation of a foreign military base, under United States control, in the Galapagos Islands, precisely as the U.S. strengthens its anti-drug offensive along the Pacific coast.
This possibility depends on the referendum that the government has called for next November, in which citizens will decide whether or not to allow the installation of foreign military bases in the country — a constitutional change that would open the door to a foreign presence on Ecuadorian soil.
It is worth remembering that since 2008, the Constitution explicitly prohibits the presence of foreign military bases in Ecuadorian territory, following the amendments introduced by the government of then-President Rafael Correa.
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