By David Swanson
People of Ecuador 1 - Military Industrial Complex 0
In 2007, then-President of Ecuador Rafael Correa said he wanted a military base in Miami if the United States were to continue using a military base in Ecuador.
Bye bye, U.S. bases!
More recently, however, times changed. Pressures were applied. A new Ecuadorean government expressed its willingness to do as it is told.
But there was one flaw in the new plan for the spreading of U.S. democracy by force, namely democracy. The people of Ecuador have just voted down their government's proposal to amend their constitution to allow foreign bases.
Here is the vote count.
Sixty-one percent said No to this question:
Esta usted de acuerdo con que se elimine la prohibicion de establecer bases militares extranjeras o instalaciones extranjeras con propositos militares, y de ceder bases militares nacionales a fuerzas armadas o de seguridad extranjeras, reformando parcialmente la Constitucion de conformidad con el Anexo de la pregunta?
Here is World BEYOND War's online campaign, now succeeded.
Here is some background:
Days Before The Referendum In Ecuador / A Dias Del Referendum En Ecuador
Peace Advocates in Ecuador: New WBW Chapter/ Defensores de paz en Ecuador: Nuevo capitulo de WBW
Talk World Radio: Can U.S. Military Bases Be Kept Out of Ecuador?
Ecuador's Next Legislature May Decide on Military Bases
Ecuador's Galapagos Islands Now Open To U.S. Military
Video of Webinar About Military Bases in Ecuador / Webinar Sobre Las Bases Militares en Ecuador
The original article can be found here
Source: Pressenza
