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In a decisive referendum held on Sunday, Ecuador citizens overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed foreign military bases on Ecuadorian soil.
Early counts show nearly two-thirds of ballots cast opposed the measure. Ecuador President Daniel Noboa had introduced the referendum arguing that foreign cooperation such as hosting bases for allied nations was essential to combat issues such as drug-trafficking violence.
The rejection represents a significant setback for Noboa and his broader security agenda, revealing public scepticism of foreign military solutions. It also raises questions about how Ecuador will confront organized crime without expanded foreign-military and foreign-intelligence mechanisms.
Ecuador has in recent years become a major transit route for cocaine moving from Colombia and Peru, and criminal organizations have expanded their control by extorting local communities and carrying out attacks on journalists and politicians as they compete for territory.
Noboa framed the measure as a practical tool to enhance security capacity, but opponents argued that hosting foreign military bases could undermine Ecuador’s autonomy, citing past experiences with foreign forces that have generated mistrust among local populations.
For US policy in the region, the referendum complicates efforts to deepen military-security cooperation with Ecuador. The US had previously considered re-establishing access to a former US base at Eloy Alfaro on Ecuadors Pacific coast, used from 1999 to 2009 for counter narcotics operations. However, Ecuador’s constitutional ban on foreign bases adopted in 2008 remained in force.
At the same time, however, the urgency of Ecuador’s security cannot be overstated. The country’s homicide rate is projected to reach 50 per 100,000 people this year, the highest in Latin America. Gangs operating in port cities and coastal routes regularly work with transnational criminal networks and exert powerful influence over local institutions.
Ecuador now faces the critical task of bolstering domestic security capacity, regional cooperation on drug-trafficking routes, and institutional reform. The referendum’s result marks both a political rebuke and a call for more domestically rooted security policies.
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Early counts show nearly two-thirds of ballots cast opposed the measure. Ecuador President Daniel Noboa had introduced the referendum arguing that foreign cooperation such as hosting bases for allied nations was essential to combat issues such as drug-trafficking violence.
The rejection represents a significant setback for Noboa and his broader security agenda, revealing public scepticism of foreign military solutions. It also raises questions about how Ecuador will confront organized crime without expanded foreign-military and foreign-intelligence mechanisms.
Ecuador has in recent years become a major transit route for cocaine moving from Colombia and Peru, and criminal organizations have expanded their control by extorting local communities and carrying out attacks on journalists and politicians as they compete for territory.
Noboa framed the measure as a practical tool to enhance security capacity, but opponents argued that hosting foreign military bases could undermine Ecuador’s autonomy, citing past experiences with foreign forces that have generated mistrust among local populations.
For US policy in the region, the referendum complicates efforts to deepen military-security cooperation with Ecuador. The US had previously considered re-establishing access to a former US base at Eloy Alfaro on Ecuadors Pacific coast, used from 1999 to 2009 for counter narcotics operations. However, Ecuador’s constitutional ban on foreign bases adopted in 2008 remained in force.
At the same time, however, the urgency of Ecuador’s security cannot be overstated. The country’s homicide rate is projected to reach 50 per 100,000 people this year, the highest in Latin America. Gangs operating in port cities and coastal routes regularly work with transnational criminal networks and exert powerful influence over local institutions.
Ecuador now faces the critical task of bolstering domestic security capacity, regional cooperation on drug-trafficking routes, and institutional reform. The referendum’s result marks both a political rebuke and a call for more domestically rooted security policies.
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