US Embassy Ecuador

Inking trade deal with Latin American partner 🇺🇸🤝🇪🇨 Ambassador Greer joined Ecuadorian Minister @LuisJaramilloOK in signing the U.S.–Ecuador Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, opening Ecuador’s market of over 18 million consumers to U.S. agricultural and industrial exports. Learn more: ustr.gov/about/policy-o…

"This successful interdiction, led by our Ecuadorian partners with support from Joint Interagency Task Force-South and the U.S. Coast Guard, demonstrates the united front against cartels and narcoterrorists in the Western Hemisphere. Together, we are disrupting and dismantling the illicit networks that spread terror, violence and corruption across our region." - #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan @USembassyEC @USCG @jiatfs @DeptofWar

.@POTUS: All of the nations in this room share the same priorities: security, prosperity, free commerce, and the rule of law... that's why together, we're also forming the Shield of the Americas, a new organization to advance these shared priorities in our hemisphere.

.@POTUS at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Miami: "On this historic day, we come together to announce a brand new military coalition to eradicate the criminal cartels plaguing our region...We’re calling this military partnership the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition."

At the order of @SecWar, #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan directed the joint force to support Ecuadorian forces conducing lethal kinetic operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations within Ecuador March 6. “We are advancing alongside our partners in the fight against narcoterrorism. I congratulate our joint forces and the Ecuadorian armed forces for the successful operation against narcoterrorists in Ecuador. This collaborative and decisive action is a strategic success for all nations in the Western Hemisphere committed to disrupting and defeating narcoterrorism.” - Gen. Donovan