Ecuador and the United States Quotes

“While Washington strongly approved of diplomatic measures against the Axis, it did not generally encourage Latin America's active participation in the Allied war effort. The United States feared that this might actually provoke a direct Axis attack on Latin America, something neither Latin America nor the United States was adequately prepared to defend against.”
― Ronn F. Pineo, Ecuador and the United States: Useful Strangers (United States and the Americas) (United States and the Americas) (The United States and the Americas)