Ecuador’s government has told the U.S. Agency for International Development that it will not renew its agreements with
the South American country, according a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

The Nov. 26 letter sent to the U.S. Embassy in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito says, the “USAID must not execute any new activity,” nor widen any existing projects in Ecuador.

Relations between the two countries have been tense since President Rafael Correa assumed power in 2007.

Ecuador expelled two U.S. Embassy officials in 2009, accusing them of interfering in the country’s internal affairs.
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