The history of Ecuador

Timeline of historical events: Ecuador today

Ecuador's indigenous and colonial past

Independence and the early republic, 1795-1859

Conservative modernization, 1860-95

The Liberal Revolution

Revolution, reform, chaos, and war, 1925-48

Ecuador, 1948-72: bananas, democracy, populism, and Juntas

The oil boom, military reformers, and a second Democratic parenthesis, 1972-96

Populism, political instability, and the citizen's revolution

Notable people in the history of Ecuador.