Editing Ecuador (section)

==Military==
{{Main|Military of Ecuador}}

[[File:Kfir CE front.JPG|left|thumb|[[Ecuadorian Air Force]] (FAE)]]

The [[Military of Ecuador|Ecuadorian Armed Forces]] (Fuerzas Armadas de la Republica de Ecuador), consists of the [[Ecuadorian Army|Army]], [[Ecuadorian Air Force|Air Force]], and [[Ecuadorian Navy|Navy]] and have the stated responsibility for the preservation of the integrity and national sovereignty of the national territory.

Due to the continuous border disputes with Peru, finally settled in the early 2000s, and due to the ongoing problem with the Colombian guerrilla insurgency infiltrating Amazonian provinces, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces has gone through a series of changes. In 2009, the new administration at the Defense Ministry launched a deep restructuring within the forces, increasing spending budget to $1,691,776,803, an increase of 25%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccmr.org/public/library_file_proxy.cfm/lid/5603 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506111602/http://www.ccmr.org/public/library_file_proxy.cfm/lid/5603 |archive-date=6 May 2009 |title=Ecuador: A Comparative Atlas of Defence in Latin America / 2008 Edition|publisher=ccmr.org |url-status=usurped |access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>

The Military Academy General Eloy Alfaro (c. 1838) located in Quito is in charge of graduating army officers.<ref>[http://www.esmil.mil.ec/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=81 History of the "Escuela Superior Militar Eloy Alfaro"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133956/http://www.esmil.mil.ec/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=81 |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> The Ecuadorian Navy Academy (c. 1837), located in Salinas graduates navy officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armada.mil.ec/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47|title=Armada del Ecuador|website=Armada del Ecuador|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171010140108/http://www.armada.mil.ec/?option=com_content&task=view&id=47|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> The Air Academy [[Cosimo Rennella|Cosme Rennella]] (c. 1920), also located in Salinas, graduates air force officers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esmafae.mil.ec/nuestra-historia/historia-de-la-esma.html |title=History of the 'Escuela Superior Militar de Aviacion Cosme Rennella' |publisher=Esmafae.mil.ec |access-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220150024/http://www.esmafae.mil.ec/nuestra-historia/historia-de-la-esma.html |archive-date=20 December 2011 }}</ref>