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The Complete Withdrawal of the US Military from Ecuador: A Victory for Sovereignty and Peace in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Philip Seaton  and
Fuse Yujin
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US forces withdrew completely from Ecuador in September 2009. How does the Democratic Party of Japan's coalition administration see the “victory for sovereignty and peace” as it sways between the imperatives of the Okinawan people's will and the US-Japan Alliance with respect to the transfer of the Futenma Base on Okinawa? This is the second in a two part series on US military bases. The first part is Kageyama Asako and Philip Seaton, Marines Go Home: Anti-Base Activism in Okinawa, Japan and Korea

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 14 , April 2010 , e2
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1 France 24, US quits air base used in anti-drug operations, 19 September 2009.

2 Washington Post, As U.S. Closes Military Post, Ecuador Hails Restoration of ‘Sovereignty’, 19 September 2009.

3 Transnational Institute, Ecuador: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, 15 March 2007. For more on this developing movement, see Andrew Yeo, ‘Not in Anyone's Backyard: The Emergence and Identity of a Transnational Anti-Base Network’, International Studies Quarterly (2009) 53, 571-594.

4 Admiral James Stavridis, Congressional Testimony, March 2008. Note: The testimony is available in full on video via this link. The text in this translated article is a paraphrase.

5 Colombia Reports, Colombia stands isolated at UNASUR meeting, 28 August 2009.