Ecuador Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Foreign affairs=== {{Main|Foreign relations of Ecuador}} [[File:Secretary Pompeo Holds Joint Press Conference with President Moreno (48336351591).jpg|thumb|Ecuadorian President [[Lenín Moreno]] with U.S. Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]], 20 July 2019]] Ecuador joined the [[Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries]] (OPEC) in 1973 and suspended its membership in 1992. Under President [[Rafael Correa]], the country returned to OPEC before leaving again in 2020 under the instruction of President Moreno, citing its desire to increase crude oil exportation to gain more revenue.<ref>Stephan Kueffner & Peter Millard, [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-01/ecuador-to-leave-opec-in-january-amid-efforts-to-boost-income OPEC Suffers Another Departure With Ecuador Seeking More Cash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411012200/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-01/ecuador-to-leave-opec-in-january-amid-efforts-to-boost-income |date=11 April 2020 }}, Bloomberg News (2 October 2019).</ref><ref>Alexandra Valencia, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-opec/ecuador-to-quit-opec-in-2020-in-search-of-bigger-export-revenue-idUSKBN1WG4KB Ecuador to quit OPEC in 2020 in search of bigger export revenue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411012157/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-opec/ecuador-to-quit-opec-in-2020-in-search-of-bigger-export-revenue-idUSKBN1WG4KB |date=11 April 2020 }}, Reuters (1 October 2019).</ref> Ecuador has maintained a research station in Antarctica for peaceful scientific study as a member nation of the [[Antarctica Treaty]]. Ecuador has often placed great emphasis on multilateral approaches to international issues. Ecuador is a member of the United Nations (and most of its specialized agencies) and a member of many regional groups, including the [[Rio Group]], the [[Latin American Economic System]], the [[Latin American Energy Organization]], the [[Latin American Integration Association]], the [[Andean Community of Nations]], and the Bank of the South (Spanish: ''Banco del Sur'' or ''BancoSur''). In 2017, the Ecuadorian parliament adopted a ''law on human mobility''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cancilleria.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ley_de_movilidad_humana_oficial.pdf |title=Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana |access-date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329000143/http://www.cancilleria.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ley_de_movilidad_humana_oficial.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[International Organization for Migration]] lauded Ecuador as the first state to have established the promotion of the concept of universal citizenship in its [[2008 Constitution of Ecuador|constitution]], aiming to promote the universal recognition and protection of the human rights of migrants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iom.int/news/ecuador-launches-new-human-mobility-national-plan|title=Ecuador Launches New Human Mobility National Plan|date=8 June 2018|access-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134502/https://www.iom.int/news/ecuador-launches-new-human-mobility-national-plan|archive-date=28 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2019, Ecuador withdrew from the [[Union of South American Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peoplesdispatch.org/2020/03/11/uruguayan-government-withdraws-from-unasur-and-returns-to-tiar/|title=Uruguayan government withdraws from UNASUR and returns to TIAR|date=11 March 2020|access-date=25 March 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819175958/http://peoplesdispatch.org/2020/03/11/uruguayan-government-withdraws-from-unasur-and-returns-to-tiar/|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page