Winehole23
12-17-2024, 08:26 AM
China is winning the battle for economic dominance in South America, this is preparation for a future war and a probable threat to China's new deepwater port in Chancay, Peru.
On December 10, the Governing Council of the Special Regime of the Galápagos (CGREG) approved the Comprehensive Security Project in the Island Region and the Instructions for the Application of Cooperation Agreements between Ecuador and the United States, two resolutions that seek to address shared security challenges in the province of Galapagos. With a few strokes of a pen, the US military cooperation treaties with Ecuador signed on February 15, 2024, came into force for the island archipelago.
As such, the US will now be able to install military personnel, weapons and other equipment on the island chain, which has been recognised as a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site since 1978 — in a country whose constitution expressly prohibits the establishment of foreign military bases.
Of greatest concern to the islands’ residents is the resolution’s admission that implementing the project will require adapting or building additional facilities in local ports or airports. US war ships and submarines will also be able to dock at the islands’ ports. In fact, according to (https://www.radiopichincha.com/buques-guerra-eeuu-galapagos/) Radio Pichincha, Ecuadorian government officials are already on their way “to receive the first ships and crews from the US, scheduled to arrive in the coming days.”
In his last months in office, Lasso signed three agreements with Washington allowing the US to maintain military personnel on Ecuadorian territory with total freedom of movement and full legal immunity.FT Confirms What We've Been Saying for Three Years: The US Is Losing the "Battle... for Latin America" to China | naked capitalism (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/11/ft-echoes-our-warning-from-three-years-ago-the-us-is-losing-the-battle-for-latin-america-to-china.html)
On December 10, the Governing Council of the Special Regime of the Galápagos (CGREG) approved the Comprehensive Security Project in the Island Region and the Instructions for the Application of Cooperation Agreements between Ecuador and the United States, two resolutions that seek to address shared security challenges in the province of Galapagos. With a few strokes of a pen, the US military cooperation treaties with Ecuador signed on February 15, 2024, came into force for the island archipelago.
As such, the US will now be able to install military personnel, weapons and other equipment on the island chain, which has been recognised as a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site since 1978 — in a country whose constitution expressly prohibits the establishment of foreign military bases.
Of greatest concern to the islands’ residents is the resolution’s admission that implementing the project will require adapting or building additional facilities in local ports or airports. US war ships and submarines will also be able to dock at the islands’ ports. In fact, according to (https://www.radiopichincha.com/buques-guerra-eeuu-galapagos/) Radio Pichincha, Ecuadorian government officials are already on their way “to receive the first ships and crews from the US, scheduled to arrive in the coming days.”
In his last months in office, Lasso signed three agreements with Washington allowing the US to maintain military personnel on Ecuadorian territory with total freedom of movement and full legal immunity.FT Confirms What We've Been Saying for Three Years: The US Is Losing the "Battle... for Latin America" to China | naked capitalism (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/11/ft-echoes-our-warning-from-three-years-ago-the-us-is-losing-the-battle-for-latin-america-to-china.html)