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The Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, known locally as the War of the '41 (Spanish: Guerra del 41), was a South American border war fought between 5–31 July 1941. It was the first of three military conflicts between Ecuador and Peru during the 20th century.
Ecuador: Pirates Victory: Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1857–1860 (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 (1859–1860) Supreme Leadership Provisional Government
The government of Ecuador, led by Dr. Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, signed the Rio de Janeiro Protocol on January 29, 1942, with which Ecuador officially renounced its claim to a sovereign outlet to the Amazon River. [1] On February 12, 1942, Peruvian troops vacated the Ecuadorian province of El Oro. [28]
The Peruvian occupation of Ecuador was the military occupation by the Peruvian Army of the southern provinces of Ecuador that lasted from 1941 to 1942, during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. After a ceasefire was declared on July 31, 1941, the civil administration became limited to the provinces of El Oro and Loja until the Rio Protocol was ...
Both parties started exchanging fire at 4 a.m. according to Peru. [2] [3] Who started the attack, however, is disputed by both parties as well.[2] [3] The Ecuadorian outpost, Rocafuerte, was well supplied and in a good position, [6] and the Peruvian outpost, Cabo Pantoja, was on a small island with trees blocking the view located in the Napo–Aguarico confluence. [6]
However, in September 1860, the forces of the provisional government, commanded by García Moreno and General Juan José Flores defeated Franco's government at the Battle of Guayaquil, ending the civil war in Ecuador. The new government disavowed the Treaty of Mapasingue, followed shortly afterwards by its Peruvian counterpart; this re-opened ...
Peru claimed that Ecuador's military presence in Peruvian-claimed territory was an invasion; Ecuador, for its part, claimed that Peru had recently invaded Ecuador around the Zarumilla River and that Peru since Ecuador's independence from Spain has systematically occupied Tumbez, Jaén, and most of the disputed territories in the Amazonian Basin ...
After the Leticia incident of 1932 and the Colombian–Peruvian War, the Protocol of Rio de Janeiro of 1934 was negotiated, where Colombia and Peru smoothed over the rough edges and both agreed that the borders would remain as agreed in 1922. Colombia made it clear to Peru that it recognized Peruvian sovereignty over the Sucumbíos triangle ...