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Washington Post
April 3, 2008
Pg. 9
The only U.S. military post in South America, an important drug-interdiction center, would be banned under Ecuador's new constitution, which faces a referendum this year. Leftist President Rafael Correa, whose party controls the 130-member assembly writing the new constitution, has repeatedly said that he will not renew the 10-year U.S. lease in Ecuador's Pacific port of Manta when it expires late next year.
A clause added to the proposed constitution Tuesday states that "Ecuador is a land of peace" and that "the presence of foreign military bases or foreign installations with military purposes is prohibited."
April 3, 2008
Pg. 9
The only U.S. military post in South America, an important drug-interdiction center, would be banned under Ecuador's new constitution, which faces a referendum this year. Leftist President Rafael Correa, whose party controls the 130-member assembly writing the new constitution, has repeatedly said that he will not renew the 10-year U.S. lease in Ecuador's Pacific port of Manta when it expires late next year.
A clause added to the proposed constitution Tuesday states that "Ecuador is a land of peace" and that "the presence of foreign military bases or foreign installations with military purposes is prohibited."