Sunday, 20 September 2009

In Historic Move, Ecuador Shuts US Military Base

'Ecuador has closed down a US military post and obliged the last group of US forces to leave the South American state, ending a decade of 'subordination'. Upon a ceremony on the departure of American soldiers from Ecuador's Pacific Manta air base on Friday, the country's Foreign Minister Fander Falconi hailed the US troops' exit from the Hispanic nation and dubbed the stay as 'unconstitutional.'

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