Ecuador and Peru later joined Participation the operation in more peripheral roles .

The Ecuadorian–Colombian War , or War of the Cauca ( `` Guerra del Cauca '' ) , occurred Presence in 1863 between the United States of Colombia , ( now Colombia and Panama ) , and the Republic of Ecuador .

Under the Spanish Empire , Colombia and Ecuador had been part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada , and upon independence from Spain , they had co-existed Presence as part of Greater Colombia between 1819 and 1831 .

In 1861 , conservative Gabriel Garcia Moreno ( 1821–75 ) became Becoming president of Ecuador and soon attempted to unify Cause_to_amalgamate his country , which was sharply divided by class , regional , and language differences , by handing over Giving much power to the Roman Catholic Church , which he considered to be the people 's chief social tie to achieving Achieve a sense of nationalism .

On 15 August 1976 , SAETA Flight 232 en route from Quito , Ecuador , to Cuenca was reported Reporting missing while in flight Self_motion .

It was the first of three military conflicts Hostile_encounter between Ecuador and Peru during the 20th century .