Quid pro quo
Oct. 25th, 2007 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumThe US has been engaged in lots of military work overseas. In S. (and Latin) America we've been using the Army (mostly) in the "War on Drugs".
The "lease" on the base in Ecuador expires in 2009. Ecuador is willing to extend it, so long as they get an equivalent base (which is to say, soveriegn, and inhabited by the Ecuadoran military) in Miami. I presume the terms would allow them to operate in much the same way (which is to say with relative impunity) as the US does in Ecuador.
Ecuador Wants Military Base in Miami (Reuters).
The "lease" on the base in Ecuador expires in 2009. Ecuador is willing to extend it, so long as they get an equivalent base (which is to say, soveriegn, and inhabited by the Ecuadoran military) in Miami. I presume the terms would allow them to operate in much the same way (which is to say with relative impunity) as the US does in Ecuador.
Ecuador Wants Military Base in Miami (Reuters).
