US EditionEcuador to vote on foreign troops, constitutional reform
- On Sunday, Ecuadorian voters struck down a proposal allowing foreign countries to run military bases in a decisive referendum rejection.
- President Daniel Noboa had pushed to lift the 2008 constitutional ban on foreign bases and convene a constituent assembly, arguing tougher laws and foreign cooperation are needed as about 70% of the world's cocaine passes through Ecuador.
- Nearly 14 million people were eligible to vote, and early counts with close to 90% of ballots tallied showed nearly two-thirds opposed the bases question.
- The rejection effectively blocks the US military from returning to the Manta airbase on the Pacific coast, and President Daniel Noboa said `We respect the will of the Ecuadoran people` after the political blow.
- Against a backdrop of unprecedented killings, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently toured Manta and Salinas military facilities, while authorities announced the capture of a Los Lobos gang leader as voting began.
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“Nays” deliver heavy blow to Ecuador's president
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa was dealt a heavy blow Sunday as the country voted in a referendum against all four of his proposed Constitutional reforms. With over 75% of the votes counted, the four options championed by Noboa's government were losing by margins ranging from 53% to 61%.
Ecuador: Electors Reject the Hosting of Foreign Military Bases and the Rewriting of the Constitution
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, a conservative closely aligned with the Trump administration, had pushed the Ecuadorian courts to include the question of launching a process that could lead to a new constitution.
According to the first results of a referendum, the Ecuadorians rejected on Sunday the return of foreign military bases and the development of a...
Four questions, four defeats: Ecuador's President Noboa failed with several initiatives in a referendum. Particularly clearly, voters rejected US military bases.[more]]>
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