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Latin America

Bacchus4.0

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3. Ecuador just signed a free trade agreement with the EU in July

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 09:18 PM

Sep 2014

The author may want to revisit that section of his rant. All the quotes from the embassy are vague and provide no context whatsoever. And yes, the US embassies, worldwide, promote US business interests. Its part of their mission.

Correa did in fact cancel the military base lease, and also stepped out of the Andean trade agreement just before it expired since the US would not have renewed it anyway.

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Ecuador: WikiLeaks cables show US how used 'democracy promotion' to push corporate interests [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP

As far as I read sadoldgirl Sep 2014 #1

Embassy actions are usually kept quiet, as in secret, unless they are revealed Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #4

Oh the horror! "Democracy Promotion" is so so fiendishly diabolical Zorro Sep 2014 #2

Ecuador just signed a free trade agreement with the EU in July Bacchus4.0 Sep 2014 #3

Really? Washington Post: Ecuador Giving U.S. Air Base the Boot Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #5

Hutchison pulls out of Ecuador port deal Zorro Sep 2014 #6

Um, thats exactly what I posted. Correa terminated the base lease agreement. WTF?? n/t Bacchus4.0 Sep 2014 #7

You claim the US would not have renewed the contract, anyway. You know better than that, of course. Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #8

No silly, the Andean trade agreement. Take a bit of time to digest. Check my post again. Bacchus4.0 Sep 2014 #9

Yep, you caught me! I didn't look closely enough. Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #10