Brazil–Ecuador relations
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Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Ecuador have existed since the mid-19th century and have been historically friendly. Both countries participate in multiple South America-based blocs; Mercosur, CELAC, and the Andean Community. The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has offered cooperation between the countries during the Ecuadorian security crisis. However, tensions arose in 2024 when Ecuador raided Mexico's embassy in Quito; Brazil criticized Ecuador for perpetrating the incident.
History
=1844-1945=
In 1844, Brazil and Ecuador formally established diplomatic relations. A Brazilian diplomatic mission was opened in 1873, in Quito, Ecuador's capital city.{{cite web |title=Republic of Ecuador |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/en/subjects/bilateral-relations/all-countries/republic-of-ecuador#:~:text=Brazil%20and%20Ecuador%20established%20diplomatic,countries%20have%20been%20historically%20close. |website=gov.br |access-date=23 October 2024}}
When Peru and Ecuador went to war in 1941, Brazil was quick to suggest that the countries should solve their disputes diplomatically.{{cite web |last1=Bowman |first1=Isaiah |title=The Ecuador-Peru Boundary Dispute |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ecuador/1942-07-01/ecuador-peru-boundary-dispute |website=Foreign Affairs |access-date=25 October 2024 |date=1 July 1942}} Brazil contributed to the Rio Protocol, the document aiming for the establishment of a resolution for the long-standing conflict between the two sparring nations.{{cite web |title=The Rio Protocol |url=https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/default/files/document/files/2024/05/rio20protocol20english201942.pdf |website=UN Peacekeeper |access-date=25 October 2024}}
During the Second World War, Brazil and Ecuador were both members of the Allies. On 22 August 1942, Brazil formally declared war on Italy and Germany.{{cite web |last1=Calkins |first1=Derreck T. |title=A Military Force on a Political Mission: The Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II |url=https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1600&context=etd#:~:text=In%20January%201942%2C%20Brazil%20broke,war%20on%20Italy%20and%20Germany. |website=Georgia Southern University |access-date=24 October 2024}} Ecuador joined after, on 2 February 1945, declaring war on Japan.{{cite web |title=Latin America: So It's War! |url=https://time.com/archive/6774787/latin-america-so-its-war/ |website=TIME |access-date=24 October 2024 |language=en |date=19 February 1945}} Ecuador's direct role in the war was limited, but it did allow the United States to build military bases in its territory.{{cite web |title=Ecuador - Independence, Revolution, Quito {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ecuador/Modern-history |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=24 October 2024 |language=en |date=23 October 2024}} Brazil, on the other hand, was the only Latin American country to directly send soldiers into combat during the war.{{cite web |last1=McCann |first1=Frank D. |title=The "Forca Expedicionaria Brasileira" in the Italian Campaign |url=https://www.history.army.mil/armyhistory/AH26newOCR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608094632/http://www.history.army.mil/armyhistory/AH26newOCR.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2010 |website=U.S. Army Center of Military History |access-date=24 October 2024}}
=1946-present=
1980 saw the creation of the Latin American Integration Association, an organization with the objective of the "establishment of a common market".{{cite web |title=THE LATIN AMERICAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION |url=https://www.usitc.gov/publications/other/pub60.pdf |website=United States International Trade Commission |access-date=26 October 2024}} Brazil and Ecuador were both founding members of this organization.{{cite web |title=1980 Treaty of Montevideo |url=https://wits.worldbank.org/GPTAD/PDF/archive/LAIA-ALADI.pdf |website=World Integrated Trade Solution |access-date=26 October 2024}} Brazil was the only country out of the pair that was a founding member the former organization that ALADI replaced, the Latin American Free Trade Association; Ecuador joined in 1961, one year after LAFTA was founded.{{cite web |last1=Finch |first1=M. H. J. |title=The Latin American Free Trade Association1 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-09163-8_10 |website=International Economic Integration |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |access-date=26 October 2024 |pages=237–256 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-09163-8_10 |date=1988}} File:01.01.2023 - Cumprimentos dos chefes de Estado e de Governo - 52621395797.jpg
In 1991, the Treaty of Asunción was signed, creating the Mercosur trade bloc, with Brazil being one of the founding parties.{{cite web |last1=Bouzas |first1=Roberto |title=Mercosur and Preferential Trade Liberalization in South America: Record, Issues and Prospects |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/mercosur-south-americas-fractious-trade-bloc |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |access-date=24 October 2024 |pages=58–89 |date=1997}} In 2004, Ecuador became a part of the bloc, joining as an associated member.{{cite web |title=Economic asymmetry and institutional shortfall in Mercosur: predictions for deepening Mercosur |url=https://www.ie-ei.eu/Ressources/file/memoires/2013/BAKKER_Thesis.pdf |website=European Institute |access-date=24 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=SICE: Trade Policy Developments: Andean countries - MERCOSUR |url=http://www.sice.oas.org/tpd/andcties_mer/ANDCties_MER_e.ASP |website=www.sice.oas.org |access-date=24 October 2024}} Associated members, although able to benefit from reduced tariff prices, are not part of Mercosur's customs union.{{cite web |title=Mercosur: Introduction >> globalEDGE: Your source for Global Business Knowledge |url=https://globaledge.msu.edu/trade-blocs/mercosur |website=globaledge.msu.edu |access-date=24 October 2024}} Another trade bloc that Brazil and Ecuador are in is the Andean Community, which Ecuador helped create in 1969; on the other hand, Brazil is only an associate member.{{cite web |title=Embassy of India, Lima, Peru : Andean Community |url=https://www.eoilima.gov.in/page/andean-community/#:~:text=The%20Andean%20Community%20is%20a,Mexico%2C%20and%20Spain%20are%20Observers. |website=www.eoilima.gov.in |access-date=25 October 2024}} Mercosur and the Andean Community are the main trade blocs of South America and have previously made agreements with each other.
Both countries are also full members of CELAC, another group of countries whose goal is to solidify the cultural and political bonds of its participants.{{cite web |title=Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries {{!}} Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) |url=https://www.energy.gov.tt/for-investors/corporations/community-of-latin-american-and-caribbean-states-celac/#:~:text=The%20member%20states%20are%3A%20Antigua,Paraguay%2C%20Peru%2C%20Santa%20Lucia%2C |website=www.energy.gov.tt |access-date=25 October 2024}} The two nations have had numerous meetings and visits between government officials, and they have also supported each other through markets opened between the nations and agreements opening up investment. One such agreement was the Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreement Between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Ecuador, a 2019 investment treaty aiming to encourage positive relations and create a plan for collaboration in investment between Brazil and Ecuador.{{cite web |title=Brazil - Ecuador BIT (2019) |url=https://edit.wti.org/document/show/68226e63-ef4d-4fdd-a197-1b7799dd8393#:~:text=Title,of%20the%20two%20countries;%20and |website=Electronic Database of Investment Treaties |access-date=25 October 2024 |language=en}}
==War on drugs==
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During the War on drugs in Ecuador, a particularly violent period for the country, Brazil has offered support and cooperation.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-offers-cooperation-ecuador-amid-escalating-violence-2024-01-23/ |access-date=24 October 2024|title=Brazil's Lula offers cooperation to Ecuador amid escalating violence
|website=Reuters}} During the Ecuadorian security crisis, a Brazilian national was captured for ransom by an Ecuadorian criminal gang, with the government of Brazil offering support for the kidnapped citizen.{{cite web |last1=Audi |first1=Amanda |title=Brazilian government ponders what to do with nationals in Ecuador |url=https://brazilian.report/liveblog/politics-insider/2024/01/10/ecuador-lula-security-crisis/ |website=The Brazilian Report |access-date=24 October 2024 |date=10 January 2024}} In April 2024, Ecuadorian forces initiated a raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest the former vice president who was facing charges of corruption.{{cite web |date=6 April 2024 |title=Policía saca a Jorge Glas de la Embajada de México en Quito |trans-title=Police remove Jorge Glas from the Mexican Embassy in Quito |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/policia-saca-a-jorge-glas-de-la-embajada-de-mexico-en-quito-nota/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=El Universo |language=es |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406043842/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/policia-saca-a-jorge-glas-de-la-embajada-de-mexico-en-quito-nota/ |url-status=live}} Brazil condemned Ecuador’s actions, calling it a violation of international norms.{{cite web |title=Latin American countries condemn Ecuador raid on Mexico embassy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/7/latin-american-countries-condemn-ecuador-raid-on-mexico-embassy |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 October 2024 |language=en}}
Trade
=20th century=
In 1989, Brazil's exports to Ecuador consisted mostly of intermediate goods like raw materials (totaling about $100,000) such as metals and wood, although capital goods exports totaled over $45,000.{{cite web |title=Brazil Product Exports to Ecuador 1989 {{!}} WITS Data |url=https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/BRA/Year/1989/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/ECU/Product/all-groups |website=World Integrated Trade Solution |access-date=25 October 2024}} Meanwhile, Ecuadorian exports to Brazil two years later were at only about $8,000; a majority of the products sent to Brazil were consumer goods and other miscellaneous products.{{cite web |title=Ecuador Product Exports to Brazil 1991 {{!}} WITS Data |url=https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/ECU/Year/1991/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/BRA/Product/all-groups |website=The World Integrated Trade Solution |access-date=25 October 2024}}
=21st century=
During the time between 2017-2022, an increase in exports from Brazil to Ecuador arose, going from around $850 million USD to nearly $1.2 billion during the five-year period. The most exported products that Brazil sent to Ecuador in 2022 include automobiles, wheat, and iron.{{cite web |title=Brazil (BRA) and Ecuador (ECU) Trade |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/bra/partner/ecu |website=The Observatory of Economic Complexity |access-date=24 October 2024}} Conversely, in the same period of time, Ecuador’s exports to Brazil dropped from around $150 million to $130 million. Ecuador’s most exported goods to Brazil in 2022 were lead, fish, and copper.{{cite web |title=Ecuador (ECU) and Brazil (BRA) Trade |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/ecu/partner/bra |website=The Observatory of Economic Complexity |access-date=25 October 2024 |language=en}}
See also
References
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Category:Bilateral relations of Brazil