During WWII, the U.S. built a military base in this Ecuadorian island group to protect the Panama Canal
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interests made a base in the Galapagos Islands a priority and Baltra was the ... 
with Ecuador for the use of the Galapagos as military bases to protect the 
Panama Canal.