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US Military Presence in Ecuador

No, they aren't fighting terrorism. It's drug traffickers they're after. And some say that drug trafficking finances terrorism. Ecuador is allowing the US to fly spy planes out of the military base in Manta. The flights are used to gather intelligence in the war against drug trafficking in Ecuador, Peru, and Columbia. Many Ecuadorians don't like the idea of the US having a presence in their country as they feel it's stepping on their sovereignty. But the current president, Lucio GutiÈrrez, has promised to cooperate with the US in this regard.