Ecuador pulls out of hemispheric defense treaty, shifts further away from U.S.

naharnet.com reported that President Rafael Correa has pulled Ecuador out of a 1947 hemispheric mutual defense treaty on Wednesday on grounds it is outdated, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday. The move was the latest in a shift away from U.S.-led security arrangements in the region by Ecuador and other leftist Latin American allies. The foreign ministry said Correa signed a decree Tuesday, ratifying a decision earlier this month by the National Assembly to withdraw from the treaty.
“Ecuador renounces in all its articles the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance,” the foreign ministry said. Read Article

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