- Ecuadorian–Peruvian war of 1858
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict= Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1858
partof= Ecuadorian-Peruvian Conflicts
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date= 1858-1860
place=Guayas Province ,Ecuador
casus= Ecuadorian cession of Peruvian territory to British creditors
territory=
result=Ecuador declares cession null. Peruvian Victory
combatant1=Flagicon|Peru Republic of Peru
combatant2=flagicon|EcuadorRepublic of Ecuador
commander1= PresidentRamon Castilla
commander2= PresidentFrancisco Robles Guillermo Franco
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notes=The Ecuadorian-Peruvian war of 1858 occurred in
1858 .Ecuador ceded disputed territory in theAmazon Basin to British creditors. This angered the Peruvian government who demanded the transaction to be nullified. Ecuador did not comply therefore causing a conflict between the two neighboring nations.Historical background
"For details on the history of the border dispute between
Ecuador andPeru , please seeHistory of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian territorial dispute ."The War
For the reason that Ecuador refused to nullify the cession and ignore the Diplomatic Representative Cavero in
Quito , Congress authorized the President of the Republic,Ramon Castilla to employ any means necessary, including armed conflict, to obtain their objective. Because these objectives could not be attained diplomatically, Castilla mobilized thePeruvian Armed Forces towardsEcuador . Utilizing thePeruvian Navy , Castilla ordered the blockade of the entire Ecuadorian coast, meanwhile soldiers disembarked to Mapasingue. OnJanuary 7 , Peruvian forces moved in and occupiedGuayaquil , Ecuador's largest city and port. In possession of Ecuador's largest port, Castilla entered negotiations withGuillermo Franco . OnJanuary 25 ,1860 , Franco signed the Treaty of Mapasingue in which the Ecuadorian government declared the cession null, and recognized the sovereignty of Peru Fact|date=July 2008, over the territories of Bobonaza and Pastaza according to the Royal Decree of 1802, and went on to establish the border. OnFebruary 10 , thePeruvian Army abandoned Ecuadorian territory and returned to Peru.Aftermath
This war would not settle the conflict with three more wars occurring in the
20th Century . This conflict was the longest ongoing dispute in theWestern Hemisphere only being solved in1998 after theCenepa War . In total there have been five wars betweenEcuador andPeru from 1828 through 1995.References
cite book
last = Pons Muzzo
first = Gustavo
authorlink =
title = Historia del Peru
publisher = Editorial Universo S.A.
series =
year = 1961
doi =
isbn = F3431 .P7313 1979Further reading
*" [http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks27/chap3_27.html Territorial Disputes and Their Resolution - The Case of Ecuador and Peru.] " United States Institute of Peace.
*" [http://www.caretas.com.pe/1349/rio-cenepa/cenepa.html Interview with Peruvian President Fernando Belaunder Terry, Falso Paquisha Incident] " Caretas
*" [http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_164.shtml Detailed information about the military actions in the Paquisha Incident] "
*" [http://ecuador.nativeweb.org/border/border1.html The 1995 Peruvian-Ecuadorian border conflict]
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