**Angkatan Bersenjata Ecuador** (Sepanyol: *Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador*code: es is deprecated ) is the national military force of Ecuador. The commander-in-chief is the President of Ecuador. The military is generally under civilian control, specifically the Ministry of National Defence. The Ecuadorian military of Ecuador has been involved in border disputes with Peru (Ecuadorian–Peruvian War (1857–1860), Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, Paquisha War, Cenepa War), and has provided military observers and troops to the United Nations since 1948.

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Ecuadorian Army soldier participates at a UN exercise
The armed forces are part of the public forces and have the stated mission of the preservation of the integrity and national sovereignty of the national territory. It also involves participation in the social and economic development of the country and the provision of assistance in the maintenance of internal order. Tasks include fighting organised crime, anti-narcotic operations and illegal immigration. One social development programme applies the provision of teachers for rural schools through an accord with the Ministry of Education.[*perlu rujukan*] Environmental protection is also a priority, several programmes were implemented: National Forestation and Ornamentation, Lonely Tree, Green Surveillance, Fire Plan, Ecuador Forest, and Arenillas Military Reserve.[*perlu rujukan*] The Ecuadorian territory is divided into five Joint Task Force Zones or *Fuerzas de Tarea Conjunta*, four on mainland Ecuador, the fifth being the Naval Zone (including the Galápagos Islands). Overseas territories include also the Pedro Vicente Maldonado Naval Biological Research Station in the Antarctic.

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Ecuador shares a 1,420 km (882 bt) border with Peru. Although marked by many conflicts, relations have improved since the signing of a renewed Peace Treaty in 1998. However, along the 590 km (367 bt)-long border with its neighbour Colombia, relations have been strained mainly due to a cross-border raid by Colombian forces on FARC guerrillas. The Armed Forces had logistical shortcomings and were caught off-guard. Their radar did not work, aviation was virtually non-existent, and communications were not fully operational. A diplomatic crisis followed in 2008 which some attribute partially to the need for better equipment as well as a new national defence doctrine.

The new administration at the Defence Ministry launched a deep restructuring program under the name of PATRIA I. It involves the modernisation of military equipment, improvement of planning, and operations within the Ecuadorian territory. PATRIA I was planned to be completed by 2011. In 2009, the spending budget was increased by 25% and totaled $920 million.

Ecuador's military history dates far back to its first attempt to secure freedom from Spain in 1811. In 1822 Ecuadorian troops, alongside other rebel forces, scored a decisive victory over the Spanish royalist army at the Battle of Pichincha. Although assisted by Peruvian troops, it would fight these only a few years later in 1828, as a member of the Confederation of Gran Colombia. The troops of Gran Colombia (Less than half of its troops were Ecuadorians), is defeated in the Battle of Punta Malpelo and the combat of crosses, where the Peruvian navy blocks Guayaquil. Then the great Colombians in the land field defeat a division of Peruvian outpost, in the battle of Tarqui. This battle does not define war after the signing of the Giron agreement where it is indicated that it remains in a status quo before bellum. Eventually, Civil War would plunge the country and the army into disorder. In 1941 the Ecuadorian Military found itself weak and disorganized; the by now long-lasting territorial dispute with Peru escalated into a major conflict, the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941. A much larger and better equipped Peruvian force quickly overwhelmed the Ecuadorian forces, driving them back and invading the Ecuadorian territory. Ecuador had no choice but to accept Peru's territorial claims and signed Peace treaty in 1942. However, the treaty of 1942 failed to settle the border dispute and occasional clashes occurred in a then still non-demarcated border area between the nations. These clashes flared into another outbreak of serious fighting in January 1981 called the Paquisha War where Ecuadorian troops infiltrated into Peruvian territory are expelled by the Peruvian army; similar incidents occurred in 1983 and again in 1984. The

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The armed forces of Ecuador are under the authority of the President of the Republic through the Ministry of Defence, coordinated by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces.

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The training of army, navy and air force officers is the function of the Eloy Alfaro Military Higher School, the Rafael Morán Valverde Naval Higher School and the Cosme Rennella Barbatto Military Higher School, respectively.

1. 1 2 3 4 5  "Ecuador". *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency. 2012. Dicapai pada 6 Julai 2012.
2. 1 2  International Institute for Strategic Studies (25 Februari 2021). *The Military Balance 2021*. London: Routledge. m/s. 410. ISBN 9781032012278.
3. 1 2  Glickhouse, Rachel (7 Jun 2012). "Explainer: Defense Spending in Latin America". *AS/CoA website*. Americas Society / Council of the Americas. Dicapai pada 6 Julai 2012. Last year, Ecuador spent $2.3 billion on the military. In the region, Ecuador spends the highest percent of GDP on the military alone: 2.74 percent in 2010[*pautan mati kekal*]
4. ↑  "Educador Armed Forces UN" (PDF). Diarkibkan (PDF) daripada yang asal pada 3 November 2018.
5. 1 2  "Armed forces (Ecuador) - Sentinel Security Assessment - South America". Janes. Dicapai pada 28 Julai 2010.
6. ↑  "Se divide al paĂs en cinco ĂĄreas - Diario HOY - Noticias del Ecuador y del Mundo - Hoy Online". Hoy.com.ec. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 27 September 2011. Dicapai pada 28 Julai 2010.
7. ↑  "FFAA presentan nuevo plan de defensa interna - Diario HOY - Noticias del Ecuador y del Mundo - Hoy Online". Hoy.com.ec. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 16 Mei 2010. Dicapai pada 28 Julai 2010.
8. ↑  Stephan Küffner (18 April 2008). "South America's Most Troubled Border". *Time*. New York. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 21 April 2008. Dicapai pada 28 Julai 2010.
9. ↑  "Correa Warns Ecuador Will Respond if Attacked on Its Territory". *Pravda*. Moscow. 26 April 2010. Dicapai pada 28 Julai 2010.
10. ↑  "War without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008" (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. Dicapai pada 28 Julai 2010.