About two-thirds of voters in Ecuador on Sunday opposed the measure pushed by right-wing President Daniel Noboa.

Ecuador’s voters on Sunday delivered a major blow to right-wing President Daniel Noboa by decisively rejecting the proposed return of foreign military bases to the South American country’s soil — including installations run by the United States. Around two-thirds of voters opposed the measure with most ballots tallied, a result that was widely seen as a surprise. Voters also rejected a…

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  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The stinging defeat for Noboa, an ally of US President Donald Trump, comes as the United States carries out an aggressive military buildup and deadly airstrike campaign in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific — and weighs a direct attack on Venezuela.

    i’m glad to see that trump’s presence on the world’s stage is having an impact on latin america too. up until now it seemed that only the anglosphere was reacting to him as evidenced by the reversal of the trajectories for the election in canada and australia.