{"id":45177,"date":"2025-11-18T19:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45177"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:52:29","slug":"ecuador-voters-crush-right-wing-push-to-allow-return-of-us-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/ecuador-voters-crush-right-wing-push-to-allow-return-of-us-military-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Voters Crush Right-Wing Push to Allow Return of US Military Bases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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People react following the first results of the referendum vote in Quito, Ecuador on November 16, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Rodrigo Buendia\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is, to date, the Noboa government\u2019s biggest electoral defeat.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 17, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecuador\u2019s voters on Sunday delivered a major blow to right-wing<\/a> President Daniel Noboa by decisively rejecting the proposed return of foreign military bases to the South American country\u2019s soil\u2014including installations run by the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around two-thirds of voters<\/a> opposed the measure with most ballots tallied, a result that was widely seen as a surprise. Voters also rejected a separate effort to rewrite the country\u2019s progressive 2008 constitution, which enshrined strong labor and environmental rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The stinging defeat for Noboa, an ally of US President Donald Trump<\/a>, comes as the United States carries out an aggressive military buildup and deadly airstrike campaign in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific\u2014and weighs a direct attack<\/a> on Venezuela<\/a>. The BBC<\/em> reported<\/a> that the Trump administration<\/a> \u201chad hoped the referendum would pave the way to opening a military base in Ecuador<\/a>, 16 years after it was made to close a site on its Pacific coast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe former US military<\/a> base on Ecuador\u2019s Pacific coast was closed after left-wing President Rafael Correa decided not to renew its lease and pushed for the constitutional ban,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correa celebrated Sunday\u2019s results in a social media<\/a> post, expressing hope that the vote would mark \u201cthe beginning of a definitive constitutional stability for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur constitution is one of the best in the world; we just need to comply with it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The vote followed a recent trip<\/a> to Ecuador by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a prominent figure in the Trump administration\u2019s lawless assault in immigrants in the United States. The Trump administration and Noboa\u2019s government have ramped up cooperation efforts in recent months, and both governments have unleashed military forces on their own citizens, illegally repressed protests<\/a>, and carried out enforced disappearances<\/a> and other grave human rights<\/a> violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her visit to Ecuador earlier this month, Noem toured the site of what Noboa\u2019s office described<\/a> as a potential US military base in the port city of Manta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) said in a statement late Sunday that \u201cby inviting direct US military involvement and permanent presence in military bases\u2014framed as a partnership to combat drug trafficking and organized crime\u2014Noboa has tied the country\u2019s safety and sovereignty to Washington\u2019s regional ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s \u2018no\u2019 vote therefore underscores widespread public unease with that approach and reflects the Ecuadorian people\u2019s skepticism toward the government\u2019s heavy reliance on the Trump administration\u2019s support,\u201d CEPR continued. \u201cMore generally, this vote raises questions about the effects and popularity of the last few years of security rapprochement and cooperation between Ecuador and the United States, which include, among other agreements, a Statute of Forces Agreement signed in 2023 that enables the presence of\u2014and grants immunity to\u2014US forces in Ecuador.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is, to date, the Noboa government\u2019s biggest electoral defeat,\u201d the group added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People react following the first results of the referendum vote in Quito, Ecuador on November 16, 2025. \u00a0(Photo by Rodrigo Buendia\/AFP via Getty Images) \u201cIt is, to date, the Noboa government\u2019s biggest electoral defeat.\u201d Jake Johnson Nov 17, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) Ecuador\u2019s voters on Sunday delivered a major blow to right-wing President Daniel… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45178,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45177\/revisions\/45178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}