Quito, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases

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2025-11-17

Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum Sunday, a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa. With three-quarters of the vote counted, about 60 percent of Ecuadorans had voted 'no' to lifting a longstanding ban on foreign bases. The rejection effectively blocks the US military from returning to an airbase at Manta on the Pacific coast -- once a hub for Washington's anti......

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