The President of Ecuador Daniel Nobo has officially requested a referendum to abolish the prohibition of foreign military bases in the territory of the Earth – a prohibition that exists since 2008. years.
This initiative comes at the time when Ecuador, sometimes one of the safest Latin America countries, records record rates of murders and an increasing influence of a drug cartel.
Noboa tries to renew close security ties with the United States, especially through cooperation with Donald Trump administration. The former American base in the port of Manta was crucial to the fight against drug trafficking, but was closed after the arrival of the left-wing leader of Rafael Corree, which in 2008. by the Constitution banned foreign base.
Recently, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Ecuador and announced an increased American security assistance, and openly said that he would now consider the return of his forces if he gets a call.
“If they call us to go back, we’ll seriously consider it,” Rubio said.
Ecuador is located between the two largest producers of cocaine in the world – Colombia and Peru – and is estimated that the starting point is as much as 70 percent of the world’s cocaine, which is transported to the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Noboa also wants to form a commission for wider constitutional reforms, but for this he needs permission to the Constitutional Court, who previously opposed his initiatives.
Human rights organizations warn that NOBO, in the fight against cartel, crossed the limits of democratic powers, using the army, the state of emergency and decrees, which according to Freedom House has led to “arbitrary arrests, out-of-court murders and disappearances.”
(Vijesti.ba)
