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US military now has free reign of Ecuador (www.telesurenglish.net)

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The Ecuadorian Constitutional Court has ruled that two military agreements between Ecuador and the U.S., signed in 2023 by then-President GuillermoLasso, do not require National Assembly approval.

Ecuador will give up the right to prosecute infractions by U.S. military or civilian personnel, allow the U.S. to exercise criminal jurisdiction over its personnel, exempt U.S. Department of Defense personnel from paying taxes in Ecuador, and grant freedom of movement for the U.S. military.

Ecuador also commits to waiving legal actions in the event of claims against U.S. personnel

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[–] Tarkov_Survivor@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 9 months ago

Given the hysteria following the entrance of armed teenagers into a national TV station and a few simultaneous attacks, unfortunately most people will support this nonsense right now. My daughter can't go to school because her school is in a "dangerous area" close to a jail and I'm supposed to be grateful the gringos are coming to save the day and pay more sales tax to support our glorious armed forces.

Jfc.

Also we signed a deal to send 25k workers to Israel. The referendum to stop exploitation of oil on one small part of the land that belongs to indigenous people in voluntary isolation has been overturned by executive decision - because we need the money and who gives a fuck if genocide is the result?

It's been a bad couple of weeks in Ecuador and most people have totally lost their minds. I love my country but this shit is really testing.