Ecuador and Spain share a long history since the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadores led by Francisco Pizarro in 1532.

By 1534, Pizarro managed to overcome the Incan Empire (which extended from present day Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile) and claimed the territory for Spain.

[3] In 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru was created and the territory of Ecuador was governed from its capital in Lima and administered through the Real Audiencia of Quito.

[5] In 1936, Ecuadorian writer Demetrio Aguilera Malta (member of the Guayaquil Group) was in Spain when the Spanish Civil War broke out.

Aguilera wrote about his experience during the war in his book titled Madrid: reportaje novelado de una retaguardia heroica.

Ecuador's main exports to Spain include: canned tuna, shrimp, flowers, frozen fish and bananas.