The NarcoSphere || Showdown: Washington Threatens Ecuador, Demands Immunity for U.S. Troops

The NarcoSphere || Showdown: Washington Threatens Ecuador, Demands Immunity for U.S. Troops: "Showdown: Washington Threatens Ecuador, Demands Immunity for U.S. Troops
By Al Giordano,
Posted on Thu Jun 23rd, 2005 at 01:44:06 AM EST
The Guayaquil, Ecuador daily El Universo reports:

President Palacio Will Not Approve Immunity for U.S. Soldiers in World Court

This is potentially large. Read on...

Ecuador's President Alfredo Palacio has decided not to sign an immunity treaty for U.S. military and civilian officials before the World Court, confronting Washington, which considers (the Ecuadoran capital of) Quito as important to its war on drugs...

It's about the Manta, Ecuador, U.S. military base, the key 'Forward Operating Location' (FOL) for the U.S. military intervention named 'Plan Colombia.' And Washington is now trying to blackmail Ecuador's new (60-days-old) President, Alfredo Palacio with threats of cutting aid.

'Absolutely no one is going to frighten me,' Palacio told the press. 'Neither the government, nor Alfredo Palacio, nor the Ecuadoran people should be afraid.'"