DefenceTalkEcuador has opened a tender to acquire a radar system to combat drug smuggling, after a multi-million-dollar deal with China fell through, the defense minister said Tuesday. Plans to buy four radars from China for $60 million were canceled last year after Ecuador found they were incompatible with its military aircraft. Spain, France and Italy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ecuador-opens-tender-to-acquire-radars-60719/

DefenceTalkEcuador’s President Rafael Correa has ordered all US military officers to leave the country by the end of month and canceled a security cooperation program with the Pentagon, US officials said on Friday. “At the request of the government of Ecuador, our bilateral security cooperation programs in Ecuador are currently coming to a close,” Pentagon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ecuador-expels-us-officers-cancels-military-program-59418/

DefenceTalkPresident Rafael Correa has pulled Ecuador out of a 1947 hemispheric mutual defense treaty on Wednesday on grounds it is outdated, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday.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 US-led security arrangements in the region by Ecuador and other leftist Latin American allies. The foreign ministry said Correa […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ecuador-pulls-out-of-regional-mutual-defense-treaty-50264/