Fair’s Fair
Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador’s Pacific coast.Correa has refused to renew Washington’s lease on the Manta air base, set to expire in 2009. U.S. officials say it is vital for counter-narcotics surveillance operations on Pacific drug-running routes.
“We’ll renew the base on one condition: that they let us put a base in Miami — an Ecuadorean base,” Correa said in an interview during a trip to Italy.
on October 23rd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Hmm, this is coming on the heels of a 33% cut in foreign aid to Ecuador…I guess we just aren’t paying a market-clearing price for loyalty anymore.
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/latin_america_caribbean/country/program_profiles/ecuadorprofile.html