TRAVEL / South America / Ecuador & Galapagos Islands

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Abstract. During World War II, Ecuador authorized U.S. military installations, including a major base on Baltra Island that supported Panama Canal defense and housed over 3,000 personnel. Its construction, in 1941, substantially transformed local landscapes and ecosystems. Returned to Ecuador in 1946, the base’s infrastructure was largely dismantled, abandoned, or destroyed prior to withdrawal. Our project produced …

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