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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. Ecuador seprated from Spain as part of Gran Colombia. With the dissolution of the latter it became an independent country in 1830.
Establishment
May 1830: The Republic of Ecuador was formed in 1830 from the breakup of Greater Colombia.
August 1830: The 23 of August of 1830 Colonels Garcia and Zamora signed the "Act of Iscuandé" through which incorporated the canton of Buenaventura to Ecuador.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Were a series of armed conflicts between Colombia and Ecuador in the years 1862-1863.
1.1.Ecuadorian acquisition of Colombian territory
Ecuadorian Colonels Garcia and Zamora signed the "Act of Iscuandé" through which they incorporated the canton of Buenaventura into Ecuador.
January 1831: President Juan José Flores, after sending garrisons to Pasto, visited these cities and issued a decree declaring the former Department of Cauca incorporated into Ecuador.
1.2.Colombian operations against Ecuador in Buenaventura
Was the Colombian military response to the Ecuadorian occupation Buenaventura.
February 1832: General Lopez went to the command of the militia of Popayan, since with the exception of the provinces of Buenaventura and Pasto, who were Occupied by Ecuadorian troops, the Valle del Cauca cantons of Cali, Buga, Toro, Cartago and Nóvita decided to rejoin New Granada.
1.3.Pasto Treaty
Was a boundary treaty signed on December 8, 1832 between Colombia and Ecuador.
December 1832: A treaty of peace was signed in the city of Pasto, between New Granada and Ecuador by GeneralJoaquín Posada Gutiérrez on behalf of New Granada, and Dr. Pedro José de Arteta on behalf of Ecuador, setting the Carchi river as the border limit between both States, pending the decision on the sovereignty of the ports of La Tola and Tumaco , in the Province of Buenaventura.
Was a border war between Ecuador and Peru.
July 1941: Commander EP César Yánez, head of the Cavalry Regiment No. 7, supported by a company of the Infantry Battalion No. 19 and a battery of the Artillery Group No. 8, crossed the river on July 30 and took Macará.
August 1941: The Peruvian forces vacated Macará and returned to their sites.
August 1941: Peruvian units attacked and took the Yaupi River detachment.
August 1941: In the jungle, the Peruvian armed forces claimed for Peru: Sucumbios, Napo and Pastaza.
August 1941: In the mountains the provinces and cantons Loja and Zamora Chinchipe were occupied .
August 1941: By the end of August of 1941 Peru militarily occupied the coast of Ecuador: the provinces and districts of El Oro, Puerto Bolivar.
January 1942: The Protocol of Peace, Friendship, and Boundaries between Peru and Ecuador, or Rio Protocol resolved the long-running territorial dispute between the two countries, and brought about the official end of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1941-1942.
2.1.Peruvian Offensive
Was a Peruvian military offensive during the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1941.
July 1941: Battle of Zarumilla: Peruvian occupation of Arenillas, Puerto Bolívar, Huaquillas, Santa Rosa and Machala.
February 1832: Ecuador annexed the Galápagos Islands on 12 February 1832.
July 1916: Definition of the border of Colombia with Ecuador.
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