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Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
Ecuador was an original member of the block, founded by left-wing governments in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008. Ecuador also asked UNASUR to return the headquarters building of the organization, based in its capital city, Quito. [64] In June 2019, Ecuador agreed to allow US military planes to operate from an airport on the Galapagos ...
Depiction of the Battle of Guayaquil, the final battle of the Ecuadorian Civil War.. By 1859 the nation was on the brink of anarchy and was marked by the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1857–1860 Guayaquil's Guillermo Franco, had declared several regions autonomous and signed the Treaty of Mapasingue, ceding the southern provinces of Ecuador to an occupying.
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1932 (1932) Supporters of Bonifaz Various opponents Opposition victory. Congress restored into power. Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941 (1941) Ecuador Peru: Defeat. Rio Protocol; World War II (1945) United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia ...
Ecuador after the war with Peru The Ecuadorian DMZ that lasted until February 1942. Arroyo del Río's undoing was the disastrous 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. [1] Although the prior sequence of events—the breakdown of talks aimed at resolving the boundary issues in 1938, followed by repeated border skirmishes—had given ample warning of a possible outbreak of large-scale hostilities ...
Korean War: 2.5–3.5 million [41] [17] 1950–1953 North Korea and allies vs. South Korea and allies Korean Peninsula Hundred Years' War: 2.3–3.5 million [42] [43] [25] 1337–1453 House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet: Western Europe Soviet–Afghan War: 1–3 million [44] 1979–1989 Soviet Union and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ...
Ecuador is struggling to bring spiraling violence under control, with mayors fearing for their lives and the national government recognizing an increase in extortion and kidnapping amid a 90-day ...
Juan José Flores was the first constitutional president of Ecuador, declaring the separation of the State of Ecuador from Gran Colombia, maintaining its presidential government structure, which has remained until the present day. Between 1830 and 1845, the office of President of the Republic was elected indirectly, that is, through the ...