The US intelligence report prefers the incumbent Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in vote

Washington – An American intelligence agency of the Ecuadorian presidential elections, which was set for Sunday, came to the conclusion that a re -election of the incumbent president would better serve the US security interests for the challenger. The assessment comes when the Mulls of the Trump administration establishes a constant military presence of the United States in the South American country, which is once known as a “island of peace” to fight violent gangs, has learned CBS News.

The evaluation of the US secret service concluded days ago came to the conclusion that a victory for President Daniel Noboa would serve the US interests better over the next four years in the election on Sunday against challenger Luisa González.

At the negotiating table, Noboas Pitch to the Trump administration last month has set up a US military base in Ecuador, two US secretary officials who know the knowledge about the evaluation, and which spoke on the condition of anonymity with CBS News in order to discuss sensitive national security issues.

In the middle of the in-depth political divisions and the increasing urban violence, the Ecuadorians will go to the surveys on Sunday to choose between two different future futures: the continuation of a destroyed, business-oriented president under Noboa or a return to the left of the Luisa González, the overezelan President Nicolas Maduro Oversezelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The process election is another chapter in the struggle of the country against an increase in violent crime, which was devoured by the cities in a country that was once a popular tourist destination and was badly drawn by pandemic.

The election on Sunday is a retirement of Ecuador’s elections in 2023, as Noboa, a first politician and son of the richest man Ecuadors ea Noboa, a banana exporter-González, a protégé of the former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. The intelligence agency estimate determined how González Correa remains too close, who repressed the US military of Ecuador in 2014 due to concerns about interference in the interior matters of Ecuador in the inner affairs of the USA.

A decade after the removal of the US military, Noboa and former President Guillermo Lasso reinstated military cooperation between Ecuador and the United States. This was followed by an increase in violence throughout the country when Noboa said last year that his government was “in war” with transnational drug cartels that operate in his country.

“I cannot talk about the level of cooperation bilaterally or even about US discussions, but the goal of a partnership or the US presence in Ecuador would probably be like to pursue criminal organizations,” said one of the American secret service officials.

The announcement of Noboa corresponded to unrest that in the opening days of 2024 by Ecuador Riss – a flood of prison disorders, car bombs, contract murders and kidnaps that shook the nation that had already been fragile. Last year, Ecuador made global headlines when a television station was taken over by armed masked men during a live broadcast, the BBC reported.

The assessment also made concerns about the historical relationship from Correa to Russia and how Russia intended to carry out information operations for the undercut President Noboa and the support of González. The US secretary officers also said that the report had shown that González received financial support from Maduro, and she plans to recognize Maduro when she wins on Sunday. The United States does not recognize Maduro as a legitimate leader of Venezuela, and he and his government remain under US sanctions.

However, the US officials announced CBS News that the conclusions of the political assessment made disagreement between US secret services easier. The officials characterized the disagreement between the espionage organizations as “split hair” about González ‘relationships with Russia and Venezuela and the idea that she believes with whom she will help her to achieve her political goals.

Contacted by CBS News, no answer was returned from the National Security Council or the office of the director of the National Secret Service on Friday evening.

Last month, Reuters reported that the Ecuadore officials told President Trump’s allies that they were interested in organizing a US military basis in the country and at the same time saying a free trade agreement with the United States. The news wire reported that the interests of Ecuador Republican lobbyists in Washington near the Trump government were communicated. Similarly, CNN reported that Ecuador has already started to lay the foundations for the US armed forces in order to build a new naval system in the coastal city of Manta.

Noboa announced the BBC that he wants the United States, Brazil and European nations to join its war against gangs.

Ecuador is one of the ten largest economies in Latin America, and the USA plays an oversized role in its economic elixir of life. In 2023, bilateral trade between the two nations rose to $ 15.2 billion and underlined a relationship that, according to the US State Department, is defined as strongly by raw materials as in strategic interest.

American exporters sent everything from minerals and fuel to heavy machines, electrical devices and packaged. Ecuador held the US market of oil, shrimp, bananas, cocoa, tuna, mining products and occasional rose bouquet well underpatium-a exchange that paints a living portrait of a nation that exports nature and imports the tools of industry.

Ecuador avoided Mr Trump’s tariffs imposed on the White House last week, which reinforced the concerns regarding economic growth and created a turbulent roller coaster ride for stock market dealers. In February, Ecuador Mexico struck a 27% tariff in a step that repeated President Trump’s trade taxes.