The Ecuador government has ordered the closure of the US embassy’s “Security Cooperation Office,” and the expulsion of about 20 US military officers that work there by month’s end.
The move comes amid Ecuadorean complaints that the US has an inappropriately large military presence there and allegations that the military is “infiltrating” Ecuador’s own security services.
The order was dated April 7, though it was only made public last night. The embassy only confirmed the pending expulsion after the Associated Press was informed of it by Ecuador.
Ecuador’s Correa government has spent years purging the military of pro-US leaders, and has sought to limit the involvement of US military forces on the ground in the country. The closure will have no impact on US military forces at the embassy in Quito, nor is any retaliation expected.
Is Angela Markell going to ask the same, is the Italian government or the English and Japan or Australia and others are going to ask the same thing, NO, then they deserve to be ruled by a militarism regime.
A non-interventionist foreign policy also requires the non-cooperation of other nations. Good on Ecuador.