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while the Spanish exploration was happing that was led by Francisco Pizzaro it was taking place in the beginning of 1520s they landed the Inca territory in 1532 the Spanish wanted to conquer the Incas because of their extreme wealth in gold and silver and Thought this would be great land to be added in the Spansih terriotry -
in 1809 Ecuador was the first Latin American country to call for independence Spain a group of wealthy and educated Creole elite in Quito, not the middle class, staged the "first cry of independence" from Spain that was led by Juan Pío Montúfar and Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo creating a junta but was squash by the Spanish royalist strops this event was one of the thigs that later on help Ecuador gain full independence -
Ecuador went to war with the Spanish due to frustration over the Spanish colonial rules like inequality of social and political Criollos and economic policies the Spanish and other south American armies were under control by The real Audiencia of Quito known as Spanish colonial jurisdiction known as the Republican of Ecuador demonstrating that in may 22 of the year 1822 was when the war ended resulting the Spanish force defeated by Ecuador from the battel of Pichincha gaining their independence -
in 1942 Ecuador disputes 200,000 square kilometers of terriorty to Peru under the 1942 Rio Protocol though this created a conflict this agreement was designed to end the territorial conflict between Ecuador and Peru in which The United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile co-signed the document as guarantors -
Ecuador started exploring and exporting oil in 1972 making it a exciting turning point for Ecuador from chaning their economy from agrarian land depending on oil which they later on they transported their oil to the amazon this benefited Ecuador by having a rapid economic growth increasing capita income which later on cought the government eyes in founding which also help contribute to foreign debt -
The war between Ecuador and Peru was known as Paquisha war that started because there was a conflict between both military due to Ecuador having occupations with 3 military that are Peruvian outpost that was located in Cordilla del Condor around the mountain rage this dispute was supposed to be settled back in 1942 in Rio de Janeiro Protocol that Ecuador contested due to border not being cut into a specific part later on causing a ceasefire Peru also expelled Ecuador troops from the outpost -
Vice President Gustavo Noboa becomes president in the 2000s after Ecuadors president Mr Mahuad was force to leave office due to the army and indigenous people protested and economic crisis and public backlash against his own decision to dollarize the economy making Ecuador adapt to US dollars as their national currency to try and beat inflation and get the economy back to being stable -
in 2008 Ecuador diplomatic started when Columbia conducted a cross-border raid in Ecuador that killed senior FARC rebel leader Raúl Reyes this led to Ecuador to cut off ties with with Colombia creating tension get higher as Venezuela also cut ties ties and mover their troops to its border with Colombia though the crisis was eventually resolved through diplomatic negotiations but tension still remained. -
In 2010 a major political and security event happened President Rafael Correa was held hostage by protesting police and soldier because they were demonstrating how they were against a new public spending law that proposed cutting their benefits and bonuses which led to protests, roadblocks, and the seizure of the airport by security forces. -
in 2018 Ecuadoreans voted and protested for presidents to only be in the office for two terms to prevents presidents being able to hold the office for longer as well as preventing the former president Rafael Correa’s hopes of returning to power and being able to take over office again