Deal that expires next year lets U.S. conduct anti-drug operations from Ecuador . The deal was signed by President Barack Obama and Ecuador's then-president Rafael Correa in December 2010. U.S. State Department spokesman : Move will leave `` serious gap '' in anti-drug effort .
Deal that expires next year lets U.S. conduct anti-drug operations from Ecuador . Citizens `` do not want foreign troops on our soil , '' Ecuadorian ambassador says . U.S. State Department spokesman : Move will leave `` serious gap '' in anti-drug effort .