List of wars involving Ecuador

This is a list of wars involving independent Ecuador from 1820 to the present day.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Ecuadorian War of Independence
(18201822)
Guayaquil
 Gran Colombia
 Chile
Peru
United Provinces
 Spain Victory
War of Cauca (1832)  Ecuador New Granada Defeat
  • Treaty of Pasto
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1857–1860  Ecuador  Peru Defeat
  • Treaty of Mapasingue
  • Diplomatic impasse arising from Ecuador's decision to grant its English creditors the vast Amazonian territories disputed with Peru. Ecuadorian failure.
Civil War of 1859
(18591860)
Supreme Leadership Provisional Government Provisional Government victory
Ecuadorian–Colombian War
(1863)
 Ecuador Colombia Defeat
  • Ecuadorian withdrawal/capitulation (disputed) after the Battle of Cuaspud.
  • The Treaty of Pinsaquí
Chincha Islands War
(1866)
 Chile
 Peru

Nominal participation:
 Ecuador
 Bolivia

Spain Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
  • Spanish withdrawal from the Chincha Islands.
  • The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871.
  • Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).
War of the Generals
(19111912)
Supporters of Eloy Alfaro Opponents of Eloy Alfaro Anti-Alfaro victory
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1913–1916 Leónidas Plaza loyalists Rebels of Esmeraldas Province Government victory
  • Leónidas Plaza remains president
  • Government re-asserts control of Esmeraldas Province
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1932 Supporters of Bonifaz Various opponents Opposition victory
  • Congress restored into power.
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
(1941)
 Ecuador  Peru Defeat
Paquisha War
(1981)
 Ecuador  Peru Defeat
  • Statu quo of 1942 in favor of Peru
Cenepa War
(1995)
 Ecuador  Peru Both sides claimed Victory
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