Ecuador’s president forced Americans to confront the base double standard.

Evidence

Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, highlighted this rarely considered truth in 2009 when he refused to renew the lease for a U.S. base in his country. Correa told reporters that he would approve the lease renewal on one condition: “They let us put a base in Miami—an Ecuadorian base.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 14

Categorization

• CANDY: A punchy, quotable example of the sovereignty double standard, good for light conversation.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 14