Meanwhile, a dispute continues over a U.S. military base in Ecuador. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has refused to renew Washington’s lease on the Manta air base. In an interview with Reuters, Correa said he would renew the lease on one condition: the United States allow Ecuador to build a military base in Miami. Correa said: “If there’s no problem having foreign soldiers on a country’s soil, surely they’ll let us have an Ecuadorean base in the United States.” It is estimated that United States has over 700 military bases in foreign countries.