A more accurate adjective.
Those guys in the jungles of south America are mostly just growing drugs to feed American demand.
Big difference between that and an Islamic movement hell bend on killing as many Americans as possible.
We shouldn't use the war on terror as an excuse to increase prosecution of the drug war. That may be desirable too. I would disagree with that but that isn't the issue.
They aren't related. I doubt very much that AlQuada has any influence over the rebels and drug growers in South America. They aren't going to give them a safe haven to attack America from. Some AlQuaida members might hid there but those drug traffickers are more likely to turn them in for a reward. I hope that Alquaida members are hiding there. it would be easy to bride the war lords to give them up.
Giving the Equadorian gov aid isn't likely to acomplish anything.